Excoecaria cochinchinensis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Malpighiales
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Excoecaria
- Species
- Excoecaria cochinchinensis
- Scientific Name
- Excoecaria cochinchinensis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Excoecaria cochinchinensis
Excoecaria cochinchinensis is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae. It is sometimes referred to by the common names Chinese croton, blindness tree, buta buta, and jungle fire plant. It is native to Southeast China, Hainan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.
It is a subtropical evergreen shrub with a woody stem, growing up to 1–2 meters (3.3–6.6 ft) high. Its leaves are opposite, their texture shiny and papery, the upper surface dark green or variegated and the underside a deep maroon. The leaves measure 6–14 cm by 2–4 cm (2.4–5.5 in by 0.8–1.6 in). It is dioecious.
...Excoecaria cochinchinensis in languages:
- Chinese
- 紅背桂
- Danish
- burgunderblad
- English
- Chinese croton
- English
- Blindness tree
- Indonesian
- Sambang Darah
- Japanese
- セイシボク
- Russian
- Эксцекария кохинхинская
- Thai
- ลิ้นกระบือ
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Excoecaria acerifolia
- Excoecaria acuminata
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- Excoecaria antsingyensis
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- Excoecaria perrieri
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