Excoecaria agallocha

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.The latex produced by E. agallocha contains a variety of phytotoxins, including the excoecariatoxins, which are powerful irritants to the skin, eyes and mucous membranes.[13][14] Like many other species of aposematic scutellerids,[15][16] C. nobilis is able to sequester chemical compounds from its host plants that are toxic to their predators, and use them towards its own defenses.These chemical compounds are concentrated and stored in a pair of scent glands located on the metathorax of the adults and nymphs.[7] Excoecaria agallocha has been found to have various medicinal and pharmacological benefits, including the treatment for epilepsy, ulcers, leprosy, rheumatism, and paralysis.
Growth habit of Excoecaria agallocha
Excoecaria agallocha in flower
Krishna Wildlife SanctuaryAndhra PradeshScientific classificationPlantaeTracheophytesAngiospermsEudicotsRosidsMalpighialesEuphorbiaceaeExcoecariaBinomial nameGrowth habitmangrovespeciesfamilytropicalmangrove forestsBangladeshAustraliaNew South WalesWestern AustraliawetlandThillai Chidambaram TempleTamil NaduWilliam Blighmutiny on the BountyJames Cooksailing masterList of Euphorbiaceae generalarvaeCalliphara nobilisphytophagousjewel bugaposematicmetathoraxnymphsWikispeciesWikidataARKiveEcocropFloraBaseiNaturalistNTFloraOpen Tree of LifePlant ListTropicos