MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MH262 : Euphorbia thymifolia L. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 465 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Herbs | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Euphorbiaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Close up of the flowers, laghududhika or choti-dudhi | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Anisophyllum thymifolium (L.) Haw. Aplarina microphylla (Lam.) Raf. Chamaesyce mauritiana Comm. ex Denis Chamaesyce microphylla (Lam.) Soják Chamaesyce rubrosperma (Lotsy) Millsp. Chamaesyce thymifolia (L.) Millsp. Chamaesyce thymifolia f. suffrutescens (Boiss.) Hurus. Euphorbia afzelii N.E.Br. Euphorbia botryoides Noronha, nom. nud. Euphorbia foliata Buch.-Ham. ex Dillwyn Euphorbia microphylla Lam. Euphorbia philippina J.Gay ex Boiss., pro syn. Euphorbia rubicunda Blume Euphorbia rubrosperma Lotsy Euphorbia thymifolia f. laxifoliata Chodat & Hassl. Euphorbia thymifolia var. disticha Nutt. Euphorbia thymifolia var. suffrutescens Boiss. |
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| Description : | Herbs, annual, 10-20 cm tall. Root fibrous. Stems slender and thin, many from base, usually prostrate, 1-2(-3) mm thick, with many adventitious roots, sparsely pilose. Leaves opposite; stipules lanceolate or linear, 1-1.5 mm, easily fallen; petiole ca. 1 mm; leaf blade rounded or cordate, margin usually finely serrulate, occasionally entire, both surfaces pubescent. Cyathia single or numerous clustered and axillary, peduncle 1-2 mm, sparsely pilose; involucre campanulate to turbinate, ca. 1 × 1 mm, outside shortly pilose, marginal lobes 5, ovate; glands 4, appendage white. Male flowers few, slightly exserted from involucre. Female flower: pedicel short; ovary shortly pubescent; styles free; stigma 2-lobed. Capsule 3-angular-ovoid, ca. 1.5 × 1.3-1.5 mm, smooth, shortly pubescent. Seeds ovoid-tetragonal, ca. 0.7 × 0.5 mm, dark red, each side with 4 or 5 transverse furrows; caruncle absent. Fl. and fr. Jun-Nov. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | The leaves, seeds and fresh juice of whole plant are used in worm infections, as stimulant, astringent. its actions involving laxative, aromatic, sedative, blood purification, anti-viral, antihelminthic, anti-inflammatory, anti-spasmodic, anti-fungal, anti-bacterial, anti-microbial, diuretic properties; | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | Tetradeconoic acid Cymol Limonene Safranal Piperitone Phytol Pentadecanoic acid Caryophyllene oxide Cosmosiin Kaempferol Salisylic acid Carvacrol Epitaraxerol Beta-sitosterol Corilagin Geraniin Eugeniin Quercetin-3-rhamnoside Stigmasterol Bixanin Casuariin Euphorbol Campesterol Thymofolinoates A Thymofolinoates B Taraxerol Tirucallol |
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| Reference : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
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