Malabar Spurge Tree
Euphorbia vajravelui
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Kerala, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- March-April
How to identify Malabar Spurge Tree
Identify Malabar Spurge Tree by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Confirm leaf margin: Entire (smooth edge).
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: Green.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: March-April.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala, Tamil Nadu.
- Confirm it sits within the Euphorbiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Malabar Spurge Tree.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Euphorbia vajravelui
- Genus
- Euphorbia
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Rocky areas in Evergreen forests
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Kerala, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- March-April
- Conservation status
- EN
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 Malabar Spurge Tree 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 Malabar Spurge Tree itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Malabar Spurge Tree
Malabar Spurge Tree (Euphorbia vajravelui) is a shrub in the Euphorbiaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. It grows in rocky areas in Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from March to April.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Malabar Spurge Tree belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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