Trees & Plants

Chickenweed

Maahiruhui

Euphorbia thymifolia L.

Occasional in marshy areas The fresh plant is considered as vulnerary and galactagogue. It is used in ophthalmia and other eye troubles, sores, atrophy and dysentery. Juice of the plant is a remedy for ringworm, diarrhea and dysentery.

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uses: The fresh plant is considered as vulnerary and galactagogue. It is used in ophthalmia and other eye troubles, sores, atrophy and dysentery. Juice of the plant is a remedy for ringworm, diarrhea and dysentery.
family: Euphorbiaceae
synonym: Anisophyllum thymifolium (L.) Haw., Chamaesyce thymifolia (L.) Millsp.
description: Prostrate herbs, stem hispid. × Leaves opposite, distichous, 2-7 2-4 mm, is oblong or suborbicular, apex obtuse, base obliquely cordate, margin serrulate, 1-nerved, subsessile. Cyathia in axillary clusters. Involucre campanulate, ca. 8 mm long; glands 4. Male flowers 1-4, ebracteolate. Female flowers laterally pendulous; ovary tomentose; style 3-forked from base. Capsule ca. 2 mm across, obtusely angled, glabrescent; seeds 4-angular, minutely tuberculate, red.
native range: Mexico to Argentina, the West Indies and the Paleotropics
distribution: Asia-Pacific region and Central and South America
english names: Chickenweed
flowering fruiting: November - May
occurrence maldives: Occasional in marshy areas