Euphorbia hirta L.

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Brief:

Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Herb Distribution notes: Exotic

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Rights holder/Author"Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi", India Biodiversity Portal
Sourcehttp://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/33117

Diagnostic:

"Slender, erect, pubescent herbs about 20-35 cm tall. Leaves decussate, 1-2.5 x 0.7-1.5 cm, broadly oblong to elliptic-lanceolate, base obliquely truncate, margin serrulate, apex acute, hispid on both sides, basally 3-nerved; petiole to 3 mm long. Cyathia aggregated in single or paired axillary clusters. Involucre minute, c. 1 mm long; glands 5, red. Male flowers 4-6, ebracteolate. Female florets laterally pendulous; styles 2-fid from base. Capsule 1.5-2 mm across, pubescent. Seeds minute, red, 4-angled, minutely furrowed."

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Rights holder/Author"Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi", India Biodiversity Portal
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Chemistry:

Contains shickimic acid, which is an antispasmodic principle, as well as taxerol, friedeline, beta sitosterol, and ellagic acid.

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Rights holder/AuthorSmithsonian Institution, Robert A. DeFilipps, Shirley L. Maina, Juliette Crepin, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Department of Botany
Sourcehttp://botany.si.edu/bdg/medicinal/index.html

Worldwide distribution:

Native to Central America; a pantropical weed

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Diagnostic:

Habit: Herb

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Rights holder/Author"G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram", India Biodiversity Portal
Sourcehttp://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/33117

Statistics of barcoding coverage: Euphorbia hirta:

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 7
Species With Barcodes: 1

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Rights holder/AuthorSujeevan Ratnasingham, Paul D.N. Hebert, Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
Sourcehttp://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=252387

National Distribution:
United States

Origin: Native

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

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Synonym:

Chamaesyce hirta (Linnaeus) Millspaugh.

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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Chamaesyce hirta:

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 4
Species With Barcodes: 1

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Rights holder/AuthorSujeevan Ratnasingham, Paul D.N. Hebert, Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
Sourcehttp://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=395626

Distribution:

"Found along roadsides, fallows and cultivable lands from plains to 1000m. Common. Pantropical."

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Rights holder/AuthorKeystone Foundation, India Biodiversity Portal
Sourcehttp://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/33117
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