Euphorbia thymifolia
Euphorbia thymifolia
Euphorbia thymifolia
Euphorbia thymifolia
Plant Category | : | Herbs |
Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 465 |
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.; |
Plant Common Name | : | Close up of the flowers, laghududhika or choti-dudhi |
Plant Family | : | Euphorbiaceae |
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. |
Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
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 | : | COMPOUNDS: 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; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (7): Beta-sitosterol; Quercetin; Kaempferol; Caryophyllene; Stigmasterol; Limonene; Carvacrol; |
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/263242
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200012575
- http://www.sysrevpharm.org/sites/default/files/10.5530srp.2016.7.4.pdf
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3902538/
- http://tropical.theferns.info/image.php?id=Euphorbia+thymifolia |
Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
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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 thymifolia |