Euphorbia neriifolia
Euphorbia neriifolia
Euphorbia neriifolia
Euphorbia neriifolia
MH259 : Euphorbia neriifolia L.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 462 |
| Synonym | : | Elaeophorbia neriifolia (L.) A.Chev.;
Euphorbia edulis Lour.;
Euphorbia ligularia Roxb. ex Buch.-Ham.;
Euphorbia pentagona Blanco, nom. illeg.;
Tithymalus edulis (Lour.) H.Karst.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Chowdhari Nivdung, K- Thuar, Indian Spurge Tree, Hedge Euphorbia, Manasasi, Danda thaur, Danda-thor, Sehund, Elegalli, Elekalli, Ilaikalli, elakkalli, ilaikalli, ilakalli, Mingut, Nevagunda, Newrang, Thor, Kantalothor, Gudha, Nagarika, Nanda, Nistrinsapatra, Patrasnuhi, Elaikalli, Perumbu Kalli, Aku-jemudu, Akujamudu, Thuhar |
| Plant Family | : | Euphorbiaceae |
| Description | : | a prickly, large, branched, erect, succulent leafless shrub that occurs in dry, rocky and hilly areas of North, Central and South India. It is a tree or shrub, 3-5 m tall, hairless except for cyathia. Stems are 6-15 cm thick, green, with 5 spiral ranks of tubercles, ascending, branching from upper parts. Leaves are alternate, apically clustered, persistent, fleshy; spine shields small, stipules pricklelike, 2-3 mm; leaf-stalk short, 2-4 mm; leaf blade obovate or obovate-oblong to spoon-shaped, 4.5-12 x 1.3-3.8 cm, fleshy, base narrowed, margin entire, tip blunt, apiculate; veins inprominent. Cyathia in subat branch-ends cymes, flower-cluster-stalk about 3 mm; cyathophylls membranous, falling off; involucre bell-shaped, about 4 x 5-6 mm, lobes 5, rounded; glands 5, fleshy, thick and entire. Male flowers many, bracts linear. Female flowers rarely developed. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | In limited area of Akot, Chikhaldara ranges |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | laxative, purgative, rubefacient, carminative and expectorant as well as in treatment of whooping cough, gonorrhea, leprosy, asthma, dyspepsia, jaundice, enlargement of the spleen, tumours, stone in the bladder, abdominal troubles and leucoderma. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: neriifolin-S; neriifolin; neriifoliene; euphol; neriifolione; cycloartenol; nerifoliol; lectin; Euphonerins A;
Euphonerins B;
Euphonerins C;
Euphonerins D;
Euphonerins E;
Euphonerins F;
Euphonerins G; 3-O-acetyl-8-O-tigloylingol; taraxerol; antiquorin; Quercetin; Rutin; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (2): Quercetin; Rutin; |
| 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/266511
- http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Euphorbia+neriifolia
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1995764517303504
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Indian%20Spurge%20Tree.html |
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| 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 neriifolia |