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Euphorbia tirucalli L.
Scientific Synonyms:

Previous name used in the website: Euphorbia tirucalli
Family name: EUPHORBIACEAE
English name: Milk Hedge
Pencil Tree
Aveloz
Indian Tree Spurge
Naked Lady
Pencil Cactus
Milk Bush
Finger Tree
Petroleum Plant
Sinhala name: Weradi navahandi (වැරදි නවහන්දි )
Navahandi (නවහන්දි)
Tamil name: Kalli
Chakkalavi
Chatukalavi
Sanskrit name: Bahukshira
Dandasruha
Dandathuhara
Conservation status: NE - Not Evaluated - Due to exotic origin
Description: Tree or shrub, 2-5 m tall, decumbent- assending to suberect. Leaves alternate, 7-15 X 1-1.5 mm sessile or subsessile, deflexed, linear- sapathulate , narrowing at base, apex obtuse, entire, glabrous, fleshy, very early deciduous. Stipules minute, circular, black. Fruits about 8 mm diameter, sparsely and finely crisped pubescent or subglabrous, valves rounded, pale brown. Seeds 4.5 X 3.5 mm, smooth.
Native Distribution Status: Naturalized Exotic
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