Euphorbiaceae (96)

	Scientific name	Common Names	NCS	Comment
Indigenous Species
1	Acalypha fruticosa Forssk.		LC
2	Acalypha indica L.	කුප්ප‍‍මේණිය/Indian copperleaf	LC
3	Acalypha paniculata Miq.		LC	Acalypha racemosa Wall. ex Baill. is a synonym
4	Acalypha brachystachya Hornem.		DD	Acalypha supera Forssk. is a synonym
5	Acalypha spiciflora Burm.f.	ඕකුරු	VU	Cleidion spiciflorum (Burm.f.) Merr. is a synonym
6	Adenochlaena zeylanica (Baill.) Thw.		CR(PE)
7	Agrostistachys borneensis Becc.		LC	Agrostistachys coriacea Alston S: Beru & Agrostistachys intramarginalis Philcox are synonyms
8	Agrostistachys hookeri (Thw.) Benth.	මහ බේරු/දිය බේරු/ කුණු බේරු	LC
9	Agrostistachys indica Dalz.		LC
10	Chaetocarpus castanocarpus (Roxb.) Thw.	හැඩවක	LC
11	Chaetocarpus coriaceus Thw.	හැඩවක/ගල් හැඩවක/ හෙදෝක	LC
12	Chaetocarpus ferrugineus Philcox		VU
13	Chaetocarpus pubescens (Thw.) Hook. f.		VU
14	Chrozophora plicata (Vahl) A. Juss ex Spreng.		DD
15	Cleidion nitidum (Muell. Arg.) Thw. ex Kurz		EN
16	Croton aromaticus L.	වල් කැප්පෙටියා	LC
17	Croton caudatus Geisel	වල් කැප්පෙටියා	EN
18	Croton laccifer L.	කැප්පෙටියා/ගස් කැප්පෙටියා
19	Croton moonii Thw.		EN
20	Croton nigroviridis Thw.		EN
21	Croton tiglium L.	ජයපාල	LC	Croton officinalis (Klotzsch) Alston is a synonym
22	Croton persimilis Muell.Arg.	අකුරැල්ල	VU
23	Croton zeylanicus Muell.Arg.		CR(PE)
24	Dalechampia indica Wight		CR
25	Dimorphocalyx glabellus Thw.	වැලිවැන්න	LC
26	Euphorbia antiquorum L.	දළුක්/Spurge cactus/Fleshy spurge	LC
27	Euphorbia atoto Forst.		CR(PE)
28	Euphorbia cristata Heyne ex Roth		DD
29	Euphorbia granulata Frossk.		DD
30	Euphorbia hirta L.	බූ දදකීරිය/Common Spurgeof	LC
31	Euphorbia indica Lam.	එළ දදකීරිය	LC
32	Euphorbia rosea Retz.	මූදු දදකීරිය	LC
33	Euphorbia rothiana Spreng.	Common hill spurge	LC
34	Euphorbia thymifolia L.	බිම් දදකීරිය	LC
35	Euphorbia tortilis Rottler ex Ainslie	සීනුක්	CR(PE)
36	Euphorbia trigona Haw.		VU
37	Excoecaria agallocha L.	තෙලකීරිය/තෙල්කීරිය	LC
38	Excoecaria oppositifolia Griffith var. crenulata (Wight) Chakrab. & M.G.Ganop		VU
39	Falconeria insignis Royle	තෙල් කදුරු/ කදුරු	LC	Sapium insigne (Royle) Benth. is s synonym
40	Givotia moluccana (L.) Sreem.		LC
41	Homalanthus populifolius Graham	ගිනි-කැන්ද/Bleeding-heart tree	LC
42	Homonoia riparia Lour.		NT
43	Jatropha glandulifera Roxb.		NT
44	Macaranga digyna (Wight) Muell.Arg.	ඔත/ගල් ඔත	NT
45	Macaranga indica Wight	කැන්ද	LC
46	Macaranga peltata (Roxb.) Muell.Arg	කැන්ද/ පත් කැන්ද	LC
47	Mallotus distans Muell.Arg.		DD
48	Mallotus eriocarpus (Thw.) Muell.Arg.	වල් කැප්පෙටියා/ බුළු පෙත්ත	LC
49	Mallotus fuscescens (Thw.) Muell.Arg.		LC
50	Mallotus philippensis (Lam.) Muell. Arg.	හම්පරිල්ල	LC
51	Mallotus repandus (Willd.) Muell. Arg.		LC
52	Mallotus resinosus (Blanco) Merr.	මා එඬරු	LC
53	Mallotus rhamnifolius (Willd.) Muell. Arg.	මොලබෝ	LC
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55	Mallotus tetracoccus (Roxb.) Kurz	බූ කැන්ද	LC
56	Microstachys chamaelea (L.) Müll.Arg.	රත් පිටවක්කා/ Creeping Sebastiana		Sebastiania chamaelea (L.) Muell. Arg. is a synonym
57	Micrococca mercurialis (L.). Benth.		LC
58	Micrococca oligandra (Muell. Arg.) Prain		VU
59	Podadenia sapida Thwaites	වල් රඹුටන්	VU	Ptychopyxis thwaitesii (Baill.) Croizat is a synonym
60	Paracroton pendulus subsp. zeylanicus (Thwaites)	ඹ්ලු පෙත්ත/ මාවට /වල් කැකුණ	LC	Fahrenheitia zeylanica (Thw.) Muell.Arg. & Fahrenheitia minor (Thw.) Airy Shaw are synonyms
61	Shirakiopsis indica (Willd.) Esser	කිරි මකුළු	VU	Sapium indicum Willd. is a synonym
62	Suregada lanceolata (Willd.) Kuntze		LC	Suregada angustifolia (Muell. Arg.) Airy Shaw is s synonym
63	Tragia hispida Willd.	වැල් කහඹිලියා	LC
64	Tragia involucrata L.	වැල් කහඹිලියා	LC
65	Tragia montana (Thwaites) Müll.Arg.		CR(PE)	Tragia muelleriana Pax & Hoffm. is a synonym
66	Tragia plukenetii Radcliffe-Smith	වැල් කහඹිලියා	NT
67	Trewia nudiflora L.	Fever Tree	VU
68	Trigonostemon diplopetalus Thw.		CR(PE)
69	Trigonostemon nemoralis Thw.		VU
Exotic Species
70	Acalypha wilkesiana Müll.Arg.	Copper leaf/Jacob's coat
71	Acalypha hispida Burm.f.	Red Hot Cat tail/Chenille Plant
72	Acalypha siamensis Oliv. ex Gage
73	Acalypha ciliata Forssk.
74	Aleurites moluccanus (L.) Willd.	කැකුණ/රට කැකුණ/තෙල් කැකුණ
75	Croton hirtus L'Hér.	ගන්වෙද/වල් තිප්පිලි
76	Croton bonplandianus Baill.	Bonpland's croton
77	Codiaeum variegatum (L.) Rumph. ex A.Juss.	Croton
78	Euphorbia heterophylla L.	Mexican fireweed/Lesser green poinsettia
79	Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. ex Klotzsch	Mexican flame leaf/Poinsettia/Christmas star
80	Euphorbia neriifolia L.
81	Euphorbia milii Des Moul.	Crown of thorns
82	Euphorbia tirucalli L.	නවහන්දි
83	Euphorbia cyathophora Murray
84	Euphorbia tithymaloides L.			Pedilanthus tithymaloides (L.) Poit. is a synonym
85	Euphorbia umbellata (Pax) Bruyns			Synadenium grantii Hook.f. is a synonym
86	Hevea brasiliensis (Willd. ex A.Juss.) Müll.Arg.	Para rubber
87	Jatropha integerrima Jacq.	Peregrina		Jatropha pandurifolia Andrews is synonym
88	Jatropha gossypiifolia L.	Bellyache bush
89	Jatropha podagrica Hook.	Australian bottle plant
90	Jatropha multifida L.	Coral Bush/Coral Plant
91	Jatropha curcas L.	රට එඬරු/වැට එඬරු
92	Manihot esculenta Crantz	මංඤොක්කා/ මයියොක්කා/Manioc/Cassava
93	Manihot carthaginensis subsp. glaziovii (Müll.Arg.) Allem	Ceara rubber/ගස් මයියොක්කා		Manihot glaziovii Müll.Arg. is a synonym
94	Ricinus communis L.	එඬරු/තෙල් එඬරු/බෙහෙත් එඬරු/Castor Bean
95	Sapium sebiferum (L.) Roxb.	Tallow tree
96	Vernicia montana Lour.			Aleurites montanus (Lour.) E.H.Wilson is s synonym