yoo-FOR-bee-uh -- named for Euphorbus, Greek physician to Juba II, King of Mauretania ... Dave's Botanary
kon-kuh-NEN-sis or kohn-kun-NEN-sis -- of or from Konkan (coast of Maharashtra, India) ... compiled from the web
commonly known as: Konkan spurge • Konkani: कोकण दुधी kokan dudhi • Marathi: कोकण दुधी kokan dudhi
known for: whole plant, the milky sap (highly toxic and a severe irritant), leaves and seeds
botanical names: Euphorbia concanensis Janarth. & S.R.Yadav ... homotypic synonyms: Chamaesyce concanensis (Janarth. & S.R.Yadav) S.R.Dutta & M.R.Almeida ... POWO, retrieved 22 Oct 2022
known for: whole plant, the milky sap (highly toxic and a severe irritant), leaves and seeds
Bibliography / etymology / notes
Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites may even close down at their own will. The bits about the languages of India mentioned below are merely some bare facts gathered from the internet; just enough to satisfy curiosity about "where" could the listed names be best prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken sensu amplo.
~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
Konkan spurge
- for want of name, name coined by Flowers of India ... (accessed: Oct 22, 2022)
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी) / Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat
कोकण दुधी kokan dudhi
- Because this specific herb is rare, micro-endemic, and lacks a pre-existing distinct historical name in the Konkani lexicon, sharing the coined Marathi name "Kokan Dudhi".
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
कोकण दुधी kokan dudhi
- name coined, for want of name, by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the author of Further Flowers of Sahyadri, the second among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers
- कोकण kokan refers to OR of the Konkan (coastal region of Maharastra, India); this plant is endemic to Konkan region; दुधी dudhi is a generic name given to plants whose sap is milky
~~~~~ KNOWN DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Goa, Maharashtra; micro-endemic
- Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2026): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 26.05; last update May 20th, 2026. Last accessed 02/07/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy).
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Created on: 18:52 22-10-2022 ¦ Last updated: 14:21 02-07-2026 (DD-MM-YYYY)
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