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|accepted_name=Hura
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 1008. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Sandbox tree
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Hura
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Euphorbiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Hura]]</div></div>
|etymology=Native American word for poisonous sap, alluding to caustic latex
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 157, 159
|treatment_page=page 230
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Trees,</b> monoecious; trunk with broad-based, conic thorns; hairs unbranched; latex white or colorless. <b>Leaves</b> deciduous, alternate, simple; stipules present, caducous; petiole present, glands present at apex, lateral, conspicuous; blade unlobed, margins serrate or crenate-serrulate, laminar glands absent; venation pinnate. <b>Inflorescences</b> usually unisexual, rarely bisexual (pistillate flowers proximal, staminate distal); staminate terminal, spikelike thyrses, cymules densely crowded in conelike structure; pistillate axillary, solitary flowers; bisexual as in staminate with solitary pistillate flower at base; glands subtending each bract 0. <b>Pedicels</b> present. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: sepals 5, imbricate, connate most of length; petals 0; nectary absent; stamens 10–80, connate entire length forming thick column; pistillode absent. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: sepals 5, connate entire length; petals 0; nectary absent; pistil 5–20-carpellate; style 1, unbranched, terminating in lobed stigmatic disc. <b>Fruits</b> capsules, woody. <b>Seeds</b> lenticular; caruncle absent. <b>x</b> = 11.</span><!--

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|distribution=Florida;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;introduced also in tropical areas worldwide.
|discussion=<p>Species 2 (1 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p><i>Hura</i> polyandra Baillon is distributed from Mexico to Nicaragua.</p>
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name=Hura
|author=Michael J. Huft
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|distribution=Florida;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;introduced also in tropical areas worldwide.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Introduced
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/8f726806613d60c220dc4493de13607dd3150896/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_730.xml
|genus=Hura
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