Euphorbiaceae
Gewa
Excoecaria agallocha
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Excoecaria
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Common names
By language (19)
- ban
- Menengan
- Bangla
- গেওয়া
- Burmese
- ကယောပင်
- Cantonese
- 海漆
- Chinese
- 土沉香, 海漆, 刮筋板, 海漆树
- English
- Gewa, Blinding tree
- Filipino
- Buta-buta
- French
- Arbre aveuglant, Géor, Palétuvier argent, Palétuvier aveuglant
- Indonesian
- Kayu Buta-Buta
- Japanese
- シマシラキ
- Javanese
- Buta-buta
- Malay
- Pokok Bebuta
- Malayalam
- കടപ്പാല
- mnw
- သဴ၊ တၞံ
- Russian
- Агаллоховое дерево, Эксцекария агаллоха
- Sundanese
- Warejit
- Tamil
- தில்லை
- Thai
- ตาตุ่มทะเล
- Vietnamese
- Trà mủ
Synonyms
- Commia cochinchinensis Lour.
- Excoecaria affinis Endl.
- Excoecaria agallocha var. camettia (Willd.) Müll.Arg.
- Excoecaria agallocha var. genuina Mull.Arg.
- Excoecaria agallocha var. lancifolia Pax & K.Hoffm.
- Excoecaria agallocha var. orthostichalis Müll.Arg.
- Excoecaria agallocha var. ovalis Mull.Arg.
- Excoecaria camettia Willd.
- Excoecaria ovalis Endl.
- Excoecaria sphaerosperma F.Muell. ex Pax
- Stillingia agallocha Müll.Arg.
- Stillingia agallocha (L.) Baill.
Characteristics
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: native
Photos
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.