Saturday 22 October 2022

Euphorbia concanensis Janarth. & S.R.Yadav

Euphorbia concanensis Janarth. & S.R.Yadav

yoo-FOR-bee-uh -- named for Euphorbus, Greek physician to Juba II, King of Mauretania ... Dave's Botanary
¿ kohn-CAN-en-sis ? -- of or from Konkan (coast of Maharashtra, India)

commonly known as: Konkan spurge • Marathi: कोकण दुधी kokan dudhi


botanical names: Euphorbia concanensis Janarth. & S.R.Yadav ... homotypic synonyms: Chamaesyce concanensis (Janarth. & S.R.Yadav) S.R.Dutta & M.R.Almeida ... POWO
Bibliography / etymology
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Konkan spurge
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कोकण दुधी kokan dudhi
  • Further Flowers of Sahyadri, a field guide to identify flowers of northern Western Ghats of India by Shrikant Ingalhalikar
  • 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
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