Description: English: labelled as Excoecaria dallachyana Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney, Australia. ID query as leaves don't closely resemble other published photos or drawings. Possible error in ID. Date: 11 January 2012. Source: Own work. Author: Poyt448 Peter Woodard.
Trees (3 to 7 m in height) never forms a complete stand but is usually found singularly or in small groups. Sometimes deciduous in dry season_Gaoqiao, south-western China.
"Buta buta" tree. "Buta-Buta", in the Malay languague means "Blind blind". White milky sap from the cut ends of shoots will cause temporary blindness if the sap gets into your eyes.
Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia.Excoecaria bicolor (Hassk.) Zoll. ex Hassk. Euphorbiaceae. CN: [Malay - Daun terbalik batik], Chinese croton. Native of Indo-China, Vietnam. Pairs of beautiful shiny leaves deep green on top, a brilliant lacquered red beneath; arching woody stems. Outstanding houseplant, but like many spurges, sap is toxic, and thus called "Blindness Tree" in Southeast Asia. Easy. Eight compounds have been obtained from the root and stem of E. bicolor growing in Tonghai county of Yunnan province (China). Leaves were extracted by various extracting procedures, using different solvents for testing the antimicrobial activities against Staphylococcus aureus. Mostly planted as ornamental plant.Synonym(s):Excoecaria cochinchinensistoptropicals.com/catalog/uid/Excoecaria_cochinchinensis.htmwww.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?16492
Sungai Pau, Sik, Kedah, Malaysia.Excoecaria bicolor (Hassk.) Zoll. ex Hassk. Euphorbiaceae. CN: [Malay - Daun terbalik batik], Chinese croton. Native of Indo-China, Vietnam. Pairs of beautiful shiny leaves deep green on top, a brilliant lacquered red beneath; arching woody stems. Outstanding houseplant, but like many spurges, sap is toxic, and thus called "Blindness Tree" in Southeast Asia. Easy. Eight compounds have been obtained from the root and stem of E. bicolor growing in Tonghai county of Yunnan province (China). Leaves were extracted by various extracting procedures, using different solvents for testing the antimicrobial activities against Staphylococcus aureus. Mostly planted as ornamental plant.Synonym(s):Excoecaria cochinchinensistoptropicals.com/catalog/uid/Excoecaria_cochinchinensis.htmwww.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?16492
Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.Excoecaria bicolor (Hassk.) Zoll. ex Hassk. Euphorbiaceae. CN: [Malay - Daun terbalik], Chinese croton. Native of Indo-China, Vietnam. Pairs of beautiful shiny leaves deep green on top, a brilliant lacquered red beneath; arching woody stems. Outstanding houseplant, but like many spurges, sap is toxic, and thus called "Blindness Tree" in Southeast Asia. Easy. Eight compounds have been obtained from the root and stem of E. bicolor growing in Tonghai county of Yunnan province (China). Leaves were extracted by various extracting procedures, using different solvents for testing the antimicrobial activities against Staphylococcus aureus. Mostly planted as ornamental plant.Synonym(s):Excoecaria cochinchinensis Lour.toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/Excoecaria_cochinchinensis.htmwww.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?16492
Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.Excoecaria bicolor (Hassk.) Zoll. ex Hassk. Euphorbiaceae. CN: [Malay - Daun terbalik], Chinese croton. Native of Indo-China, Vietnam. Pairs of beautiful shiny leaves deep green on top, a brilliant lacquered red beneath; arching woody stems. Outstanding houseplant, but like many spurges, sap is toxic, and thus called "Blindness Tree" in Southeast Asia. Easy. Eight compounds have been obtained from the root and stem of E. bicolor growing in Tonghai county of Yunnan province (China). Leaves were extracted by various extracting procedures, using different solvents for testing the antimicrobial activities against Staphylococcus aureus. Mostly planted as ornamental plant.Synonym(s):Excoecaria cochinchinensis Lour.toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/Excoecaria_cochinchinensis.htmwww.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?16492