Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   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

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