''Suregada'' is a

plant Plants are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic eukaryotes of the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all curr ...

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

of the

family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...

Euphorbiaceae Euphorbiaceae, the spurge family, is a large family of flowering plants. In English, they are also commonly called euphorbias, which is also the name of a genus in the family. Most spurges, such as '' Euphorbia paralias'', are herbs, but some, ...

, first described as a genus in 1803. It is native to tropical and subtropical regions of

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, the

Indian Subcontinent The Indian subcontinent is a physiographical region in Southern Asia. It is situated on the Indian Plate, projecting southwards into the Indian Ocean from the Himalayas. Geopolitically, it includes the countries of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India ...

, China,

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, Australia, and certain oceanic islands.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref>Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 276 白树属 bai shu shu ''Suregada'' Roxburgh ex Rottler, Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Neue Schriften. 4: 206. 1803.
/ref> ;Species ;formerly included moved to '' Tetrorchidium'' *''Suregada angolensis -

Tetrorchidium didymostemon ''Tetrorchidium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Euphorbiaceae first described in 1841. It is native to tropical portions of Africa and the Western Hemisphere.Murillo-A., J.C. (2009). El género ''Tetrorchidium'' (Euphorbiaceae) ...

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Euphorbiaceae genera Crotonoideae {{Euphorbiaceae-stub