Family: EuphorbiaceaeDistribution: Common in scrub jungls.Limited to India, Srilanka and Burma.Armed shrubs, 1-2 mts tall, branchlets ending in thorns. Leaves elliptic, obtuse or emarginate, Flowers 1-2mm across greenish yellow in axilary fascicles. Fruits 3-6mm across, globose, white, 3 valved, seeds trigonous, brown. Reference: Flora of presidency of Madras by J.S Gamble, ENVIS, Flora of Nellore district By B.Suryanarayana &A.S Rao