Khler's Medizinal-Pflanzen in naturgetreuen Abbildungen mit kurz erluterndem Texte :.Gera-Untermhaus :Fr. Eugen Khler,[1883-1914].biodiversitylibrary.org/page/303304
Family: EuphorbiaceaeDistribution: In shady places along the ravines of Velugonda hills of Eastren ghats. Photographed at the place cited in Nellore district. Limited to Peninsular India and SriLanka. 1-3mts tall shrub. Leaves 6-12x2-5cm eliptic-oblong, serrate, acute at both ends, membranous, sparcely hairy. Flowers 3-5mm across yellow in 5-8cm long androgynous terminal spikes. Capsules 3-5mm across, globose, 3 valved. Reference: e floras, ENVIS, Flora of Madras Presidency by J.S.Gamble. Flora of Nellore district by B.Suryanarayana and A.S.Rao, ENVIS
The red sap of Sangre de Drago is highly prized in folk medicine, hence the gashes in the tree bark. Native from Columbia to Bolivia, but planted more widely.In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/passpurge/index.html