Euphorbia heterophylla L.
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Synonyms: Agaloma angustifolia Raf., Cyathophora ciliata Raf., Cyathophora heterophyla (L.) Raf., Cyathophora picta Raf., Euphorbia calyciflora Sessé & Moc., Euphorbia elliptica Lam., Euphorbia epilobiifolia W.T.Wang, Euphorbia frangulaefolia Kunth, Euphorbia frangulifolia Kunth, Euphorbia geniculata Ortega, Euphorbia havanensis Willd. ex Boiss., Euphorbia heterophylla var. brasiliensis Müll.Arg., Euphorbia heterophylla var. elliptica (Lam.) Kuntze, Euphorbia heterophylla var. eriocarpa Millsp., Euphorbia heterophylla var. geniculata (Ortega) M.Gómez, Euphorbia heterophylla var. heterophylla, Euphorbia heterophylla f. hirticaulis Kuntze, Euphorbia heterophylla var. linifolia Kuntze, Euphorbia linifolia Vahl, Euphorbia lockhartii Steud., Euphorbia morisoniana Klotzsch, Euphorbia pandurata Huber, Euphorbia prunifolia Jacq., Euphorbia prunifolia var. angustifolia Müll.Arg., Euphorbia prunifolia var. repanda Müll.Arg., Euphorbia prunifolia f. silvatica Chodat & Hassl., Euphorbia taiwaniana S.S.Ying, Euphorbia trachyphylla A.Rich., Poinsettia frangulifolia (Kunth) Klotzsch & Garcke, Poinsettia geniculata (Ortega) Klotzsch & Garcke, Poinsettia geniculata var. heterophylla (L.) Klotzsch & Garcke, Poinsettia havanensis Small, Poinsettia heterophylla (L.) Klotzsch & Garcke, Poinsettia morisoniana (Klotzsch) Klotzsch & Garcke, Poinsettia prunifolia (Jacq.) Klotzsch & Garcke, Poinsettia ruiziana Klotzsch & Garcke, Tithymalus heterophyllus (L.) Haw., Tithymalus prunifolius (Jacq.) Haw.,
- English: Lesser Green Poinsettia, Mexican fire plant, painted euphorbia
- Arabic: شربه (شَربه)، كجنجاريه (كُجِنْجاريه), لبن الحمار (لَبَن الحُمار), لبين (لِبين)، لبينه (لِبيْنه)
- Chinese: 台湾大戟, 柳叶大戟, 白苞猩猩草
- Finnish: Liekkityräkki
- French: Euphorbe de Terracine, Euphorbe hétérophylle, Euphorbe à cyathe, Euphorbe à feuilles de lin, Euphorbe épineuse
- Spanish: corazón de María, Euphorbia heterophylla, hierba lechosa
- Telugu: బేదిఆకు Bediaaku, సార్ని కూర saarnikoora
- Thai: ลูกเขยตายแม่ยายทำศพ
Description: Herbs, annual, erect to 1 m tall, often tinged red. Stem glabrous to sparsely pilose at apex, hollow. Leaves alternate; stipules purplish glands, fairly conspicuous; petiole to 2(-4) cm; leaf blade ovate, to 12 × 6 cm, abaxially pilose especially on midrib and veins, glabrescent, adaxially glabrous to sparsely pilose near margin, base cuneate, margin with minute distant gland-tipped teeth, apex obtuse. Cymes terminal and axillary, each forking ca. 5 times, cyathia densely clustered; basal bracts similar to leaves but paler green, progressively smaller. Cyathia ca. 3.5 × 2.5 mm; involucre barrel-shaped, glabrous; gland ca. 1 mm, funnel-shaped, opening circular, ca. 1.2 mm across, often red-rimmed; lobes ca. 1.3 mm, subcircular, deeply toothed with minutely ciliate margins. Male flowers: bracteoles few, ligulate, feathery; stamens ca. 4 mm. Female flower: ovary pedicellate, glabrous or occasionally minutely puberulent, perianth forming an obvious rim; styles ca. 1 mm, occasionally minutely puberulent, bifid to halfway. Fruiting pedicel reflexed to 6 mm; capsule exserted, ca. 4.5 × 5.5 mm, deeply 3-lobed. Seeds conical, ca. 2.6 × 2.4 mm, apex acute, bluntly warty, blackish brown.
Reported to be poisonous; dry plants toxic to rabbits; juice will produce active dermatitis. Leaves lactogenic; leaf paste used as laxative; leaf juice of Euphorbia geniculata given orally for diarrhea and dysentery. Leaves and latex applied against skin diseases and syphilis; milky juice applied to treat wounds, pimples, vitiligo, skin diseases. Bark and root decoction taken for ague. Veterinary medicine, feeding of this plant increases the production of milk in cattle. [CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]
Dried entire plant, infusion: hemostatic, purgative, Root: emetic , Leaf: to induce lactation, Flowers + leaf: pectoral, antimicrobial; infusion: purgative. [Medicinal Flora of Argentine]
Stem and Leaf: In a decoction for stomachache. [Medicinal Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana) ]
Regulates menses, stops bleeding, antiinflammation. [Taiwanese Native Medicinal Plants: Phytopharmacology and Therapeutic Values]
Dried entire plant, infusion: hemostatic, purgative, Root: emetic , Leaf: to induce lactation, Flowers + leaf: pectoral, antimicrobial; infusion: purgative. [Medicinal Flora of Argentine]
Stem and Leaf: In a decoction for stomachache. [Medicinal Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana) ]
Regulates menses, stops bleeding, antiinflammation. [Taiwanese Native Medicinal Plants: Phytopharmacology and Therapeutic Values]
191 Published articles of Euphorbia heterophylla
