Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MH262 : Euphorbia thymifolia L.

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
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

Euphorbia thymifolia
Euphorbia thymifolia
Euphorbia thymifolia
Euphorbia thymifolia