About Sand-Box Tree
Hura crepitans, known by the common names sandbox tree, possumwood, monkey no-climb, assacu (from Tupi asaku), and jabillo, is a species of evergreen tree in the family Euphorbiaceae, native to tropical regions of North and South America including the Amazon rainforest. It is also present in parts of Tanzania, where it is considered an invasive species. Because its fruit explodes when ripe, it has also received the colloquial nickname "dynamite tree".
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Hura crepitans
- Genus
- Hura
- Family
- EUPHORBIACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Plains
- Native to
- Tropical America
Local Names
- Tamil
- Kaatu-amanku, Mulla-rasanam
- Telugu
- Seema buruga
- Kannada
- ರೇತಿದಾನಿ Retidaani, Retidani
- Malayalam
- ഹുറ ക്രെപിറ്റൻസ്
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Sand-Box Tree belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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