Botanical family · Malpighiales
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
207 species in this family
A large, diverse family of flowering plants known for their milky latex sap. Ranging from succulent cacti-like forms to large trees, they occupy nearly every habitat. Many species are economically important, including rubber (Hevea) and cassava (Manihot).
- Milky or coloured latex
- Unisexual flowers, often small
- 3-lobed capsule fruit common
Species in EUPHORBIACEAE
- Short-Spike CopperleafAcalypha brachystachya
- Fringed AcalyphaAcalypha ciliata
- Birch-Leaved Cat TailAcalypha fruticosa
- Cat's tail, Chenille plant, Red-hot cat's tail, Foxtail, Red Hot PokerAcalypha hispida
- Indian AcalyphaAcalypha indica
- Toothed Bract Indian CopperleafAcalypha lanceolata
- Panicled AcalyphaAcalypha paniculata
- CopperleafAcalypha wilkesiana
- CopperleafAcalypha wilkesiana
- Nilgiri ActephilaActephila excelsa
- Leaf Litter PlantAgrostistachys borneensis
- Leaf-Litter PlantAgrostistachys indica
- Candle-nut Tree, Belgaum walnut, Candlenut tree, Candlenut oil tree, Candleberry, Indian walnut, Varnish treeAleurites moluccanus
- Sour Currant ShrubAntidesma acidum
- Chinese laurel, Salamander treeAntidesma bunius
- Black Currant TreeAntidesma ghaesembilla
- Deccan AporosaAporosa lindleyana
- Indo-China AlderAporosa octandra
- Koli KukkeBaccaurea courtallensis
- Burmese GrapeBaccaurea ramiflora
- Bishopweed, Bischofia, Javawood, ToogBischofia javanica
- Umbelled BlachiaBlachia umbellata
- Bishop WoodBreynia retusa
- officinal breyniaBreynia vitis-idaea
- Mountain BrideliaBridelia montana
- Spinous Kino TreeBridelia retusa
- Climbing BrideliaBridelia stipularis
- Pop-Gun SeedBridelia tomentosa
- SuryavartiChrozophora rottleri
- Toxic GooseberryCleistanthus collinus
- Tree SpinachCnidoscolus aconitifolius
- Variegated CrotonCodiaeum variegatum
- Railway Weed, Riverside WeedCroton bonplandianus
- Climbing CrotonCroton caudatus
- Sahyadri CrotonCroton gibsonianus
- Hairy CrotonCroton hirtus
- Devil's GoadCroton roxburghii
- Ceylon CrotonCroton zeylanicus
- Assam BoxwoodDrypetes assamica
- Oblong-Leaf BoxwoodDrypetes oblongifolia
- Indian Amulet Tree, Putranjiva, Officinal DrypetesDrypetes roxburghii
- Hedge BoxwoodDrypetes sepiaria
- Fleecy EpiprinusEpiprinus mallotiformis
- antique spurgeEuphorbia antiquorum
- Leafless Milk HedgeEuphorbia caducifolia
- Sind Prostrate SpurgeEuphorbia clarkeana
- Strapwort SpurgeEuphorbia corrigioloides
- Caribbean Copper PlantEuphorbia cotinifolia
- Crested SpurgeEuphorbia cristata
- Fire on the mountainEuphorbia cyathophora
- Stemless SpurgeEuphorbia fusiformis
- Thornless Crown of ThornsEuphorbia geroldii
- Green PoinsettiaEuphorbia heterophylla
- Common Spurge, Asthma herb, Australian asthma herb, Pill-bearing spurge, Snake weedEuphorbia hirta
- graceful spurgeEuphorbia hypericifolia
- pascuitaEuphorbia leucocephala
- Crown of ThornsEuphorbia milii
- Crown of ThornsEuphorbia milii
- Indian Spurge TreeEuphorbia neriifolia
- Common mil hedge, Indian Spurge TreeEuphorbia nivulia
- Winged Seed SpurgeEuphorbia notoptera
- prostrate sandmatEuphorbia prostrata
- Christmas flower, PoinsettiaEuphorbia pulcherrima
- Covered-Flower SpurgeEuphorbia pycnostegia
- Common Hill SpurgeEuphorbia rothiana
- Sullu SpurgeEuphorbia royleana
- Matted SandmatEuphorbia serpens
- Crown of ThornsEuphorbia splendens
- Milk hedge, Indian tree Spurge, Milk bush, Pencil BushEuphorbia tirucalli
- Devil's BackboneEuphorbia tithymaloides
- Spiral SpurgeEuphorbia tortilis
- African Milk BushEuphorbia umbellata
- Malabar Spurge TreeEuphorbia vajravelui
- Blinding Tree, AgallochaExcoecaria agallocha
- Chinese CrotonExcoecaria cochinchinensis
- Deccan Blinding TreeExcoecaria oppositifolia
- White Catamaran TreeGivotia moluccana
- BhomaGlochidion ellipticum
- Deccan Cheese TreeGlochidion hohenackeri
- Deccan Cheese TreeGlochidion hohenackeri var. johnstonei
- Large-leaved Abacus PlantGlochidion lanceolarium
- White Catamaran TreeGlochidion velutinum
- Umbrella Cheese TreeGlochidion zeylanicum
- Brasilian RubberHevea brasiliensis
- Brasilian RubberHevea brasiliensis
- Wedge-Leaved Water CrotonHomonoia retusa
- Willow-Leaved Water CrotonHomonoia riparia
- Sand-Box TreeHura crepitans
- Purging nut, Physic nut, Barbados nut, Curcas nut, JatrophaJatropha curcas
- Glandular JatrophaJatropha glandulifera
- Bellyache Bush, Cotton Leaf, Puppet seed plant, Physic nut, Sibidigua, Tua-TuaJatropha gossypiifolia
- Spicy Jatropha, Coral Plant, Peregrina, Physic nutJatropha integerrima
- Gouty-stemmed Jatropha, Gout Stick, Gatemala Rhubarb, TartogoJatropha podagrica
- Tanjore JatrophaJatropha tanjorensis
- Hairy JatrophaJatropha villosa
- arara nut-treeJoannesia princeps
- Indian MacarangaMacaranga indica
- Indian Lotus CrotonMacaranga peltata
- Indian Lotus CrotonMacaranga peltata
- Yellow-Spotted KamalaMallotus aureopunctatus
- Climbing KaamlaMallotus beddomei
- Kamala Tree, Monkey face treeMallotus philippensis
- Kamala Tree, Monkey face treeMallotus philippensis
- Triangular-Leaf MallotusMallotus repandus
- Resinous KamalaMallotus resinosus
- Rusty KamalaMallotus tetracoccus
- Tapioca, CassavaManihot esculenta
- Ceara Rubber Tree, Manicoba rubberManihot glaziovii
- Mercury DoughwoodMicrococca mercurialis
- Paracroton pendulus subsp. zeylanicusParacroton pendulus subsp. zeylanicus
- Devil's backbone, Zigzag plant, Jacob's ladderPedilanthus tithymaloides
- Star Gooseberry, GrosellaPhyllanthus acidus
- Carry-me-seed, PhyllanthusPhyllanthus amarus
- NiruriPhyllanthus debilis
- Indian Gooseberry, Emblic MyrobalanPhyllanthus emblica
- gulf leafflowerPhyllanthus fraternus
- Deccan GooseberryPhyllanthus leschenaultii
- Madras Leaf-FlowerPhyllanthus maderaspatensis
- Lebombo PotatobushPhyllanthus pinnatus
- Wild GooseberryPhyllanthus polyphyllus
- Potato-smellPhyllanthus reticulatus
- Kozhikode Leaf-FlowerPhyllanthus rheedei
- Mascarene Island leaf-flowerPhyllanthus tenellus
- ChamberbitterPhyllanthus urinaria
- Seed-under-leafPhyllanthus virgatus
- Philippine Tung TreeReutealis trisperma
- Castor Plant, Castorbean, Krapata, Palma christi, RicinRicinus communis
- Tiger's Milk SpruceSapium insigne
- Chines Tallow TreeSapium sebiferum
- Chikurmanis, SauropusSauropus androgynus
- Creeping SebastianaSebastiania chamaelea
- Spinous FluggeaSecurinega leucopyrus
- False LimeSuregada multiflora
- African milk bushSynadenium grantii
- Forget-me-not, Indian Stinging NettleTragia involucrata
- Cannabis Leaf NettleTragia plukenetii
- Gamari, Gutel, Fals white teakTrewia nudiflora
- Tunge Oil TreeVernicia fordii
- Acalypha alnifolia
- Antidesma menasu
- Antidesma zeylanicum
- Aporosa bourdillonii
- Aporosa fusiformis
- Baliospermum montanum
- Blachia calycina
- Blachia denudata
- Blachia reflexa
- Bridelia cinerascens
- Bridelia crenulata
- Chrozophora prostrata
- Cleidion javanicum
- Cleidion nitidum
- Cleidion spiciflorum
- Cleistanthus malabaricus
- Cleistanthus patulus
- Cleistanthus travancorensis
- Croton hirtus
- Croton laccifer
- Croton malabaricus
- Croton scabiosus
- Dalechampia velutina
- Dimorphocalyx glabellus
- Dimorphocalyx glabellus var. lawianus
- Dimorphocalyx lawianus
- Drypetes confertiflora
- Drypetes porteri
- Drypetes venusta
- Epiprinus mallotiformis
- Euphorbia deccanensis
- Euphorbia deccanensis var. nallamalayana
- Euphorbia elegans
- Euphorbia indica
- Euphorbia kadapensis
- Euphorbia longistyla
- Euphorbia senguptae
- Excoecaria crenulata
- Fahrenheitia zeylanica
- Glochidion candolleanum
- Glochidion tirupathiense
- Glochidion tomentosum
- Homonoia retusa
- Lasiococca comberi
- Mallotus repandus
- Mallotus stenanthus
- Margaritaria indica
- Meineckia longipes
- Micrococca beddomei
- Mischodon zeylanicus
- Paracroton integrifolius
- Phyllanthus airy-shawii
- Phyllanthus gageanus
- Phyllanthus gardnerianus
- Phyllanthus indofischeri
- Phyllanthus longiflorus
- Phyllanthus megacarpus
- Phyllanthus narayanswamii
- Phyllanthus rotundifolius
- Phyllanthus scabrifolius
- Phyllanthus singampattianus
- Phyllanthus talbotii
- Reidia floribunda
- Sauropus bacciformis
- Sauropus quadrangularis
- Sauropus saksenanus
- Securinega virosa
- Suregada angustifolia
- Trewia polycarpa
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