Deccan Blinding Tree
Excoecaria oppositifolia
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Uttarakhand & more
- Flowering
- March-May
How to identify Deccan Blinding Tree
Identify Deccan Blinding 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 type: Simple.
- Confirm leaf margin: Toothed (serrate/dentate edge).
- Confirm flower colour: Green.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Raceme.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: March-May.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Kerala and nearby regions.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Excoecaria oppositifolia
- Genus
- Excoecaria
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Semi-Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Kerala, Arunachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- March-May
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- SimplerecordedA single, undivided leaf blade.“Trees are 5 metres (16 ft) tall and leaves are simple and decussate in nature.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf margin
- Toothed (serrate/dentate edge)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Deccan Blinding Tree itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- GreenrecordedGreen or greenish
- Flower arrangement
- RacemerecordedIndividual stalked flowers arranged along a central stem, opening from bottom to top.“Male flowers are axillary spikes and female flowers are axillary racemes.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Deccan Blinding Tree itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Deccan Blinding Tree
Deccan Blinding Tree (Excoecaria oppositifolia) belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family, where it grows as a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Uttarakhand and 3 other states. It grows in semi-Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from March to May.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Deccan Blinding Tree belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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