Euphorbia prostrata
Euphorbia prostrata
Euphorbia prostrata
MH261 : Euphorbia prostrata Aiton
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 464 |
| Synonym | : | Anisophyllum prostratum (Aiton) Haw.;
Aplarina prostrata (Aiton) Raf.;
Chamaesyce malaca Small;
Chamaesyce prostrata (Aiton) Small;
Chamaesyce villosior (Greenm.) Millsp.;
Euphorbia callitrichoides Kunth;
Euphorbia malaca (Small) Little;
Euphorbia perforata Guss.;
Euphorbia prostrata var. caudirhiza Fosberg;
Euphorbia prostrata var. vestita Engelm. ex Boiss.;
Euphorbia ramosa var. villosior Greenm.;
Euphorbia tenella Kunth;
Euphorbia trichogona Bertol.;
Tithymalus prostratus (Aiton) Samp.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Prostrate sand mat |
| Plant Family | : | Euphorbiaceae |
| 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. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | treatment of bleeding hemorrhoids |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: gallic acid; corilagin; geraniin; Tellimagradin I;
Tellimagradin II; rugosin A; rugosin E; rugosin D; rugosin G; 6-methoxyquercetin-glycoside; quercetin; luteolin; apigenin; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (4): Quercetin; Apigenin; Luteolin; Gallic Acid; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/229693
- http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Euphorbia+prostrata
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1418550
- https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/8c88/a74b2570515fc3d400638d3d4579489210a4.pdf |
| 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 prostrata |