Excoecaria

Excoecaria
Excoecaria
Excoecaria agallocha in Krishna Wildlife Sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Euphorbioideae
Tribe: Hippomaneae
Subtribe: Hippomaninae
Genus: Excoecaria
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Excoecaria is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, comprising about 40 species. The genus is native to the Old World Tropics.

The milky sap of Excoecaria agallocha, also known as Thillai, milky mangrove, blind-your-eye mangrove and river poison tree, is poisonous. Mangroves of this plant surround the ancient Thillai Chidambaram Temple in Tamil Nadu. Contact with skin can cause irritation and rapid blistering; contact with eyes will result in temporary blindness. It is distributed in the Pichavaram wetlands, near Chidambaram, in Australia from northern New South Wales, along the northern coastline around to Western Australia.The latex is extremely poisonous. Even dried and powdered leaves contain the poison which can kill fish very quickly.

Synonyms

  • Commia Lour.
  • Glyphostylus Gagnep.

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  • Excoecarĭa — L. (Blindbaum, Blendbaum), Gattung der Euphorbiazeen, Bäume und Sträucher mit abwechselnden oder gegenständigen Blättern, monözischen, selten diözischen Blüten und kapselartiger, trockner bis fleischiger Frucht. Etwa 30 Arten im tropischen Asien …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Excoecaria — Excoecarĭa L., Blindbaum, trop. Pflanzengattg. der Euphorbiazeen; der giftige Milchsaft von E. Agallocha L. ruft im Auge starke Entzündungen hervor …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Excoecaria —   Excoecaria …   Wikipedia Español

  • Excoecaria — ID 34126 Symbol Key EXCOE Common Name N/A Family Euphorbiaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity N/A US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution N/A Growth Habit N/A …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • Excoecaria benthamiana — Taxobox status = VU | status system = IUCN2.3 regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Malpighiales familia = Euphorbiaceae genus = Excoecaria species = E. benthamiana binomial = Excoecaria benthamiana binomial… …   Wikipedia

  • Excoecaria agallocha — ID 34127 Symbol Key EXAG Common Name N/A Family Euphorbiaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Cultivated, or not in the U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution N/A Growth Habit N/A …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • Excoecaria agallocha var. orthostichalis — ID 34128 Symbol Key EXAGO Common Name N/A Family Euphorbiaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Cultivated, or not in the U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution N/A Growth Habit N/A …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • Excoecaria L. — Symbol EXCOE Botanical Family Euphorbiaceae …   Scientific plant list

  • excoecaria — ex·coe·car·ia …   English syllables

  • excoecaria — ˌeksēˈka(a)rēə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, irregular from Latin excaecare to blind + New Latin aria more at excecate : a genus of timber trees or shrubs (family Euphorbiaceae) of Asia, Africa, and Australia that have a poisonous …   Useful english dictionary

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