Excoecaria agallocha

Excoecaria agallocha
Excoecaria agallocha in Krishna Wildlife Sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh, India
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Excoecaria
Species:
E. agallocha
Binomial name
Excoecaria agallocha
Growth habit of Excoecaria agallocha
Excoecaria agallocha in flower

Excoecaria agallocha, a mangrove species, belongs to the genus Excoecaria of the family Euphorbiaceae. The species has many common names, including blind-your-eye mangrove,[1] blinding tree,[citation needed] buta buta tree,[2] milky mangrove,[3] poisonfish tree, and river poison tree.[4] Most of the names refer to its toxic properties or its propensity to cause blindness when its latex comes into contact with the eyes.

This plant grows in saline or brackish water in tropical mangrove forests, in a distribution bounded to the west by India, to the north by Bangladesh, to the south by Australia. Within Australia, it thrives from northern New South Wales along the northern coastline around to Western Australia.

  1. ^ Mondal, Sumanta; Ghosh, Debjit; Ramakrishna, K. (2016). "A Complete Profile on Blind-your-eye Mangrove Excoecaria Agallocha L. (Euphorbiaceae): Ethnobotany, Phytochemistry, and Pharmacological Aspects". Pharmacognosy Reviews. 10 (20): 123–38. doi:10.4103/0973-7847.194049. PMC 5214557. PMID 28082796.
  2. ^ Kelvin K. P. Lim; Dennis H. Murphy; T. Morgany; N. Sivasothi; Peter K. L. Ng; B. C. Soong; Hugh T. W. Tan; K. S. Tan; T. K. Tan (2001). "Flowering plants". In Ng, Peter K.L.; Sivasothi, N. (eds.). A Guide to Mangroves of Singapore. BP Guide to Nature Series. Vol. 1: The Ecosystem and Plant Diversity. Singapore: Singapore Science Centre. ISBN 978-981-04-1308-8.
  3. ^ Pradeepa, P.; k.Subalakshmi, K.Subalakshmi; Saranya, A.; Dinesh, P.; Raj, Vinoth; Ramanathan, T. (2015). "Milky Mangrove Excoecaria agallocha L. Plant as a source for potential mosquito larvicides" (PDF). Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science. 5 (3): 102–5. doi:10.7324/JAPS.2015.50317.
  4. ^ Greenhalgh S, Booth P, Walsh P, Korovulavula I, Copeland L, Tikoibua T (2018). "Mangroves species in Ra Province and their condition". Mangrove restoration: An overview of the benefits and costs of restoration. Suva, Fiji: University of South Pacific – Institute of Applied Sciences. p. 5.