Scientific Name: Excoecaria agallocha

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  • Pronunciation:
    ex-oh-CARE-ee-ah
  • Common Name:
    Milky Mangrove, Blind-your-eye
  • Derivation:
    Excoecaria: Gr. excoenus - blindless agallocha: named for resemblance to the Asian tree Aqularia agallocha, the Eaglewood.
  • Type:
    Tree
  • Family:
    EUPHORBIACEAE
  • Status:
    PROTECTED (Dept.of Fisheries)
  • Flowers:
    Yellow , summer. Separate male and female flowers, often on different plants. Male flowers in loose spikes 1-4 cm. Female flowers in leaf axils.
  • Fruit:
    4 mm smooth capsule.
  • Vegetation Type:
    Tidal Wetlands
  • Species List:
    Fraser Island, Mill Point, Mangrove, Cooroibah Conservation Park, Cooroibah Bushland Reserve, Batianoff 87, NNS, BHNR, Lake Cooroibah West, Tidal Wetland, Regional Ecosystem 12.1.3.
Cultural Notes

Good source of nectar. Timber used for firewood.

Identification Notes

Grows where salinity is less pronounced. Produces copious milky sap that is damaging to human eyes