Ghat Baur / Spinous Fluggea
Securinega leucopyrus
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Rajasthan & more
- Flowering
- July-November
How to identify Ghat Baur
Identify Ghat Baur 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 margin: Entire (smooth edge).
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: Green.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: July-November.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Euphorbiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Ghat Baur.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Securinega leucopyrus
- Genus
- Securinega
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Telangana, Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Meghalaya, Gujarat, Kerala, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Nagaland, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Uttar Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Puducherry, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Jammu & Kashmir, Odisha
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-November
- 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 Ghat Baur 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 Ghat Baur itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- घट बौर Ghat baur, Shinar, Ainta
- Marathi
- पांढरफळी pandharphali
- Tamil
- முல்லுபுலட்டீ Mulluppulatti
- Malayalam
- ചെരിംക്ലാവ് cerimklaav
- Telugu
- పులుగుడు pulugudu
- Kannada
- Kandekuvana, ಹೂಲಿ Hooli, ಬಿಳಿಹೂಲಿ Bilihuli, ಸೂಲಿ Suli, ನೆಲಮಾಗಳಿ Nela maagali, ನೆಲಮಾಗುಳಿ Nela maaguli
- Konkani
- Parpo
- Gujarati
- હુમ્રી Humri
- Sanskrit
- भूरिफली bhuriphali, पान्डुफली panduphali, श्वेतकम्बुज shwetakambuja
About Ghat Baur
A member of the Euphorbiaceae family, Spinous Fluggea (Securinega leucopyrus) is a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Rajasthan and 23 other states. It grows in dry deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from July to November.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Ghat Baur belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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