Herbarium JCB

Euphorbia thymifolia L.

Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
(SPURGE FAMILY)
Family (as per The Plant List) : Euphorbiaceae
Species : Euphorbia thymifolia
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Euphorbia thymifolia L.
Common name : Gulf Sandmat
Vernacular name : Duddhi, Dudhiya, Choti-dudhi (Hin.); Kempu nene hakki, Bilichitara phala, Chitra ballare (Kan.); Chinnamman pacharisi (Tam.); Erra chittipayalaku (Tel.); Kalijati, Patra-siju (Ori.); Laghu dudhi, Raktabinducchada, Dugdhika (San.)
Collection Nos : FAP 41960; HJCB-0473
Collector(s) Name : B.Sadasivaiah & K.R.K.Swamy; Arun Singh R., K.R.K.Swamy, K.Sankara Rao, & Navendu Page
Collection Date : 09/12/10; 23/02/2016
Collection Locality : Vemula to Guduru, Kadapa district, Andhra Pradesh State; R.P.R.C. Garden, Bhubaneswar, Odisha State
Habitat : Scrub forest
Key identification features : An annual, stoloniferous delicate herb. Leaves are opposite, elliptic with an oblique base. Inflorescences are clustered in leaf axils; involucres narrowly campanulate. Male flowers several, slightly exceeding involucres, female flower 1 with a short stipe.
Habit : Herb
Flower, Fruit : Throughout the Year
Comments : On plains to foothills and on hills up to 1200 m, in fallow fields, wastelands. A ready colonizer along new roads.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Throughout Eastern Ghats
World Distribution : Tropical Asia
Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Euphorbia thymifolia. Downloaded on 2 May 2024.