Mexico to C. America as per WCSP;
Belize; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; El Salvador;
Guatemala; Honduras; Leeward Is.; Mexico Central; Mexico Gulf; Mexico Northeast;
Mexico Southeast; Mexico Southwest; Nicaragua; Panam; Peru; Puerto Rico;
Trinidad-Tobago; Venezuela; Venezuelan Antilles; Windward Is. as per Catalogue of Life;
Common name: Tree Spinach, Tread Softly, Cabbage Star, Chaya
Please correct me if I am wrong in identifying this shrub, photographed in cultivated form from Panipat, Haryana.. I hope this is Cnidoscolus aconitifolius (Mill.) I.M. Johnst. .... And this probably is an addition to our database...
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