Typical of the Euphorbiaceae family
Excoecaria agallocha
Gangiva / Blinding Tree গেওয়া
Hindi name · See all regional names ↓
Also known as Agallocha
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Kerala, Maharashtra, West Bengal & more
- Flowering
- February-June
Gangiva in regional languages
Find the name you know, then compare it with the botanical profile. Columns list recorded aliases; they are not paired translations. A Latin spelling appears only when it is present in the source record.
| Language | Regional script | Recorded Latin spelling |
|---|---|---|
| Hindi | গেওয়া | Gangiva, Tejbala |
| Bengali | গেওয়া | gewa |
| Tamil | தில்லை · அகதி · ஆக்கொல்லி | tillai, akati, akkolli |
| Kannada | Not recorded | hara, haro, haaro gida |
| Malayalam | കോമട്ടി · കടപ്പാല | koomatti |
| Marathi | गेवा | geva |
See the original recorded names
- Hindi
- Gangiva, Tejbala, গেওয়া
- Bengali
- gewa, গেওয়া
- Tamil
- தில்லை tillai, அகதி akati, ஆக்கொல்லி akkolli
- Kannada
- hara, haro, haaro gida
- Malayalam
- കോമട്ടി koomatti, കടപ്പാല
- Marathi
- गेवा geva
Ecology & growing context
- Native status · Kew WCVP
- WCVP native range includes Andaman Is., India, Nicobar Is. Kew dataset ↗︎
Kew WCVP dataset; accepted-name match. Dataset matching is separate from an individual regional review. Recorded worldwide native range: Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to W. Pacific.
- Recorded habitat
- Banks of backwaters and mangrove forests
- Explore nearby plants
- Kerala →Maharashtra →West Bengal →
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How to identify Gangiva
Identify Gangiva by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Caustic sap can cause temporary blindness (blinding tree), mangrove habitat.
- Confirm leaf margin: Toothed (serrate/dentate edge).
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: Green.
- Confirm fruit type: Capsule.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: February-June.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Excoecaria agallocha
- Genus
- Excoecaria
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Banks of backwaters and mangrove forests
- Native to
- India to Pacific Islands
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka to Formosa, Malaysia, Pacific Islands, Australia, Ryu Kyu Islands
- Found in India
- Kerala, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Goa, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Arunachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- February-June
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Leaf characters
- Leaf margin
- Toothed (serrate/dentate edge)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Gangiva itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- GreenrecordedGreen or greenish
- Fruit type
- CapsulerecordedA dry fruit from a fused ovary that splits open at maturity to release seeds.“The fruit is a small dark capsule.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
Characters marked “recorded” are for Gangiva itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Gangiva
Blinding Tree (Excoecaria agallocha) belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family, where it grows as a tree. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Maharashtra, West Bengal and 8 other states. It grows in banks of backwaters and mangrove forests. Flowering and fruiting run from February to June.
Uses
Parts of this plant are reported as poisonous — treat it as unsafe to eat and wash your hands after handling.
Euphorbiaceae
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