Euphorbia geniculata
MH257 : Euphorbia geniculata Ortega
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 460 |
| Synonym | : | Euphorbia heterophylla L.;
Euphorbia prunifolia Jacq.;
Poinsettia geniculata (Ortega) Klotzsch & Garcke;
Poinsettia heterophylla (L.) Klotzsch & Garcke;
Poinsettia prunifolia (Jacq.) Klotzsch & Garcke; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Dudhi |
| Plant Family | : | Euphorbiaceae |
| Description | : | An erect subglabrous or sparingly-pubescent annual up to 90 cm tall. Leaves mostly opposite, all petiolate, the petioles up to 4 cm long. Leaf-blades variable, elliptic-obovate to elliptic-oblanceolate or sometimes narrowly-lanceolate, 1-15 x 0.5-8 cm, the upper often narrower than the lower, acute, subacute or obtuse at the apex, cuneate or rounded-cuneate at the base, entire, denticulate or dentate, lateral nerves up to 20 pairs, subglabrous and dull green above, sparingly-puberulous and paler beneath, the upper leaves sometimes faintly purplish-blotched at the base. Stipules sessile, glandular. Inflorescence a pseudo-dichasium or rarely a triradiate pseudopleiochasium, with the cyathia aggregated together in dense terminal clusters. Glands 1-2 (-3), stipitate, circular, concave. Fruits roundly trilobate, 4-4.5 x 5-5.5 mm, smooth, glabrous. Styles connate at the base, 1 mm long, bifid. Seeds is quadrangular-ovoid, basally truncate, 2-2.5 x 1.5-2 mm, coarsely bluntly tuberculate, dark brown, ecarunculate. Fl. & Fr. Per.: ± Throughout the year. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | treatment of bacterial infections and inflammations |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Genicunolide A;
Genicunolide B;
Genicunolide C; friedelin; friedelinol; Geniculatin; kaempferol; quercetin; 3-rhamnosyl quercetin; beta-amyrin acetate; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (3): Quercetin; Kaempferol; Friedelin; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=200012563
- https://www.beilstein_journals.org/bjoc/articles/11/291
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0031942200822153
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/594128 |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Rosidae |
| Order | : Euphorbiales |
| Family | : Euphorbiaceae - Spurge family |
| Genus | : Euphorbia |
| Species | : Euphorbia geniculata |