Seema Buruga / Sand-Box Tree
Hura crepitans
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Hura crepitans
- Genus
- Hura
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Plains
- Habitat type
- Plains
- Native to
- Tropical America
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
- Margin
- Variable
Typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
Typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Tamil
- Kaatu-amanku, Mulla-rasanam
- Telugu
- Seema buruga
- Kannada
- ರೇತಿದಾನಿ Retidaani, Retidani
- Malayalam
- ഹുറ ക്രെപിറ്റൻസ്
About Seema Buruga
Sand-Box Tree (Hura crepitans) is a tree belonging to the Euphorbiaceae family (Spurge/Euphorbia family). Members of this family are generally characterised by alternate/opposite simple/compound leaves, cyathium/raceme/spike flower clusters, capsule (regma) fruit. It is typically found in plains. It is native to Tropical America. The species is valued in traditional medicine.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Seema Buruga belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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