MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MH407 : Euphorbia heyneana Spreng |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | - |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Herbs | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Euphorbiaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | - | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Chamaesyce heyneana (Spreng.) Soják Euphorbia microphylla B.Heyne ex Roth [Illegitimate] Euphorbia bombaiensis Santapau Euphorbia dissimilis Cordem. Euphorbia dissimilis Cordem. Euphorbia orbiculata Miq. [Illegitimate] Euphorbia serpens var. indica Engelm. ex Boiss. Euphorbia wallichiana Boiss. [Illegitimate] |
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| Description : | Herbs, annual, 8-17 cm tall. Root fibrous, 1-2 mm. Stems many from base, prostrate, 1-2 mm thick, light red or red. Leaves opposite; stipules membranous, subulate, caducous; petiole ca. 1 mm, leaf blade scalelike, 3-5 × 2-3 mm, base extremely oblique, margin subentire, apex rounded. Cyathia single or paired, axillary, peduncle absent; involucre campanulate, ca. 0.7 × 0.6 mm, glabrous, marginal lobes 5, triangular, apex acute; glands 4, narrowly elliptic, appendages white, very narrow. Male flowers 3-5, not exserted from involucre or reaching margin. Female flower pedicellate, nearly reaching margin of involucre; ovary glabrous; styles connate at base; stigma 2-lobed. Capsule 3-angular-globose, ca. 1.5 × 1.5 mm, smooth, glabrous. Seeds ovoid-angulate, light yellow, smooth; caruncle absent. Fl. and fr. Jun-Dec. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | The plant extract is beneficial in jaundice. | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | - | |||||||||||||
| Reference : | ~ Londhe AN, Watve AV and Ansari MY; "Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. (2002); 26(2): 385-395 PMID : |
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