See text Excoecaria is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, formally described by Linnaeus in 1759.

[2][3] The genus is native to the Old World Tropics (Africa, southern Asia, northern Australia, and assorted oceanic islands).

Mangroves of this plant surround the ancient Thillai Chidambaram Temple in Tamil Nadu.

Even dried and powdered leaves contain the poison which can kill fish very quickly.

They have been moved to these other genera: Actinostemon, Adenopeltis, Alchornea, Anomostachys, Bocquillonia, Bonania, Cerbera, Falconeria, Grimmeodendron, Gymnanthes, Homalanthus, Maprounea, Microstachys, Neoshirakia, Sapium, Sclerocroton, Sebastiania, Shirakiopsis, Spirostachys, Stillingia, and Triadica.