Tiger's Milk Spruce
Sapium insigne
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand
- Flowering
- December-May
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Sapium insigne
- Genus
- Sapium
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Himalayas, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Indo-China, Malay Peninsula
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-May
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf margin
- Toothed (serrate/dentate edge)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Tiger's Milk Spruce 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 Tiger's Milk Spruce itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Tiger's Milk Spruce
A member of the Euphorbiaceae family, Tiger's Milk Spruce (Sapium insigne) is a tree. In India it has been recorded in Uttarakhand. It grows in evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from December to May.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Tiger's Milk Spruce belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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