Euphorbiaceae
Blindness tree
Excoecaria cochinchinensis
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Excoecaria
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Common names
By language (8)
- Bangla
- লাইলি মজনু
- Cantonese
- 紅背桂
- Chinese
- 紅背桂花, 红背桂花, 臺灣土沉香, 红背桂, 红背桂花（红背桂）, 鸡尾木, 紫背桂, 东方绿白
- English
- Blindness tree, Buta buta, Chinese croton, Jungle Fire plant
- Indonesian
- Sambang darah
- mad
- Sambhung ḍârâ
- Thai
- ลิ้นกระบือ
- Vietnamese
- Đơn mặt trời
Synonyms
- Antidesma bicolor Hassk.
- Excoecaria bicolor Hassk.
- Excoecaria bicolor var. orientalis (Pax & K.Hoffm.) Gagnep.
- Excoecaria bicolor var. purpurascens Pax & K.Hoffm.
- Excoecaria bicolor var. viridis Pax & K.Hoffm.
- Excoecaria cochinchinensis var. cochinchinensis
- Excoecaria cochinchinensis var. viridis (Pax & K.Hoffm.) Merr.
- Excoecaria orientalis Pax & K.Hoffm.
- Excoecaria quadrangularis Müll.Arg.
- Sapium cochinchinense Kuntze
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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). About our plant data.