Dudhi / Common Hill Spurge
Euphorbia rothiana
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- September-April
How to identify Dudhi
Identify Dudhi by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a undershrub habit.
- Confirm leaf margin: Entire (smooth edge).
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: Green.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: September-April.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Euphorbiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Dudhi.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Euphorbia rothiana
- Genus
- Euphorbia
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Margins of Evergreen forests and grasslands
- Native to
- India, Sri Lanka
- Distribution
- Europe, Africa, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Molluccas
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Punjab
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-April
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf margin
- Entire (smooth edge)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Dudhi 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 Dudhi itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Marathi
- दुधी Dudhi
About Dudhi
Common Hill Spurge (Euphorbia rothiana) belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family, where it grows as a low shrub. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and 3 other states. It grows in margins of Evergreen forests and grasslands. Flowering and fruiting run from September to April.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Dudhi belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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