Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Herb
Distribution notes: Exotic
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Anisophyllum prostratum (Aiton) Haw. |
| synonym | Aplarina prostrata (Aiton) Raf. |
| synonym | Chamaesyce malaca Small |
| synonym | Chamaesyce prostrata (Aiton) Small |
| synonym | Chamaesyce villosior (Greenm.) Millsp. |
| synonym | Euphorbia callitrichoides Kunth |
| synonym | Euphorbia malaca (Small) Little |
| synonym | Euphorbia perforata Guss. |
| synonym | Euphorbia prostrata var. caudirhiza Fosberg |
| synonym | Euphorbia prostrata var. vestita Engelm. ex Boiss. |
| synonym | Euphorbia ramosa var. villosior Greenm. |
| synonym | Euphorbia tenella Kunth |
| synonym | Euphorbia trichogona Bertol. |
| synonym | Tithymalus prostratus (Aiton) Samp. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Prostrate herbs, branchlets pubescent. Leaves distichous, 3-6 x 2-4 mm, elliptic-obovate, apex obtuse, base obliquely rounded, margin crenulate, stipulate. Cyathia axillary, involucre ca 1 x 0.7 mm, tubular, glands 4; male ebracteolate, subsessile, anthers 1 mm, dehiscence transverse; female laterally pendulous, ovary 5 mm across, style 3.5 mm, forked from base, stigma obtuse. Capsule prominently beaked angles with spreading hairs; seeds 4-angled.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Weed in gardens
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Roadsides, fields, villages, scrub jungles
Description
Global Distribution
Native of West Indies, now Pantropical
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Kannur, Kollam
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Global Distribution
India: Assam
Local Distribution
Assam
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine
System Of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=4310
| Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=4310 |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Information Listing
References
- Euphorbia chamesyce acut. non L. 1753: Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 415. 1988; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 325. 1995.
- Euphorbia prostrata Ait., Hort. Kew (ed. 1) 2: 139. 1789; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 266. 1887; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1276(893). 1925; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 428. 1990; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 290. 2002; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 259. 2007.
- Chamaesyce prostrata (Ait.) Small, Fl. S.E. U.S. 713. 1903.
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=4310
Information Listing > References
- Euphorbia chamesyce acut. non L. 1753: Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 415. 1988; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 325. 1995.
- Euphorbia prostrata Ait., Hort. Kew (ed. 1) 2: 139. 1789; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 266. 1887; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1276(893). 1925; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 428. 1990; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 290. 2002; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 259. 2007.
- Chamaesyce prostrata (Ait.) Small, Fl. S.E. U.S. 713. 1903.
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=4310
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Equisetopsida C. Agardh |
| Order | Malpighiales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl |
| Family | Euphorbiaceae |
| Genus | Euphorbia |
| Species | Euphorbia prostrata Aiton |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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