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Excoecaria oppositifolia
As recorded: Excoecaria crenulata Wight
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Malpighiales › Euphorbiaceae
- Collected by
- Sohmer, S.H.; Sumithraarachchi, D.B.Seymour H. Sohmer →D.B. Sumithraarachchi →
- Collector number
- 10758
- Date
- November 22, 1975
- Locality
- Ritigala (Una Kanda Hill) Anuradhapura District. Eastern slopes of Ritigala Hill.
- Island
- Sri Lanka
- Region
- Central Province, Sri Lanka
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On November 22, 1975, Sohmer, S.H.; Sumithraarachchi, D.B. also collected 7 other specimens.
Excoecaria oppositifolia observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1975. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 3 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2025-05-19.

2025-05-19
Coimbatore, IN-AP, IN
(c) T R Shankar Raman, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2023-04-17
Coimbatore, IN-AP, IN
(c) T R Shankar Raman, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2022-08-05
ตำบล ห้วยแม่เพรียง อำเภอแก่งกระจาน เพชรบุรี 76170 ประเทศไทย
(c) Sutthikhun Phaengphongsai, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Excoecaria oppositifolia. BISH 418526. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956225651. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/418526.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956225651 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
