Creeping Sebastiana
Sebastiania chamaelea
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Jharkhand
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Sebastiania chamaelea
- Genus
- Sebastiania
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Weed in cultivated fields and in deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest, Cultivated, Wasteland
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka to Australia, Pacific Islands, Malesia
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Jharkhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf margin
- Entire (smooth edge)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Creeping Sebastiana 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 Creeping Sebastiana itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Creeping Sebastiana
Creeping Sebastiana (Sebastiania chamaelea) is a herb in the Euphorbiaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka and Jharkhand. It grows in weed in cultivated fields and in deciduous forests. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Creeping Sebastiana belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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