Euphorbiaceae
Sandbox tree
Hura crepitans
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Hura
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Common names
By language (21)
- Burmese
- လင်းလွန်းပင်
- Catalan
- Arbre del diable
- Chinese
- 响盒子, 洋红
- English
- Sandbox tree
- Finnish
- Lauttahurapuu
- German
- Sandbüchsenbaum
- Guarani
- Asaku
- Haitian Creole
- Rabi
- Hungarian
- Porzófa
- Indonesian
- Buah Roda
- Japanese
- スナバコノキ
- Malayalam
- ഹുറ ക്രെപിറ്റൻസ്
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Kanontre
- Persian
- درخت جعبه شنی
- Polish
- Łoskotnica pękająca
- Portuguese
- Açacu
- shn
- တူၼ်ႈမႆႉလၢင်းလွၼ်း, တူၼ်ႈမႆႉၼၢင်းၼွၼ်း, မႆႉလၢင်းလွၼ်း
- Spanish
- Jabillo, Ochoo
- Thai
- โพศรี
- Ukrainian
- Динамітне дерево
- Vietnamese
- Vông đồng
Synonyms
- Hura brasiliensis Willd.
- Hura crepitans f. oblongifolia Müll.Arg.
- Hura crepitans f. orbicularis Müll.Arg.
- Hura crepitans f. ovata Müll.Arg.
- Hura crepitans var. genuina Müll.Arg.
- Hura crepitans var. membranacea Müll.Arg.
- Hura crepitans var. oblongifolia Müll.Arg.
- Hura crepitans var. orbicularis Müll.Arg.
- Hura crepitans var. ovata Müll.Arg.
- Hura crepitans var. senegalensis (Baill.) Boiss.
- Hura crepitans var. strepens Müll.Arg.
- Hura senegalensis Baill.
- Hura strepens Willd.
Flowers
- In flower
- February, April to June, August to December (from 40 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- red (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Toxicity: Severe, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Jorge I. Merchán Mayorga, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Guillaume Delaitre, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dairon Cuevas Riveras, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Morten Ross, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: M S, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eduardo A. Bolaños Vargas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kurt Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.