Katathohar / Common Mil Hedge
Euphorbia nivulia
Also known as Indian Spurge Tree
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Rajasthan, Telangana & more
- Flowering
- January-April
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Euphorbia nivulia
- Genus
- Euphorbia
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Scrub forests, dry deciduous forests and rocky places
- Distribution
- India, NW. Himalayas, Myanmar, Madagascar
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Rajasthan, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-April
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- SimplerecordedA single, undivided leaf blade.“The leaves are simple and arranged alternately, and have a very short or no stalk.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf shape
- LanceolaterecordedLong and narrow, tapering to a point, like a lance head.“The leaf blade is obovate and spoon-shaped to inverted-lance-shaped, up to 25 cm (10 in) long and 8 cm (3 in) wide.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf margin
- Entire (smooth edge)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Katathohar itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- GreenrecordedGreen or greenish
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Katathohar itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Katathohar, Senhur, Sij
- Bengali
- sij
- Tamil
- ilakalli, manjevi, nanangalli
- Kannada
- dubbakalli, dundukalli elegalli, gutagalli
- Malayalam
- ela-calli, ilakalli
- Marathi
- thor, nivarang, seej
About Katathohar
A member of the Euphorbiaceae family, Common mil hedge (Euphorbia nivulia) is a tree. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Rajasthan, Telangana and 5 other states. It grows in scrub forests, dry deciduous forests and rocky places. Flowering and fruiting run from January to April.
Uses
Locally it is long used in traditional medicine, planted as an ornamental and used to deter insects. Those medicinal uses are traditional attributions, not medical advice.
In culture
It is treated as sacred and appears in worship.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Katathohar belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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