Trees & Plants

Rosy spurge

Maakiruthona

Euphorbia rosea Retz.

Occasional in forest areas Leaves and seeds are used as a vermifuge. or

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uses: Leaves and seeds are used as a vermifuge. or
family: Euphorbiaceae
synonym: Chamaesyce rosea (Retz.) G.L. Webster
description: Prostrate or ascending herbs with woody root stock, stem reddish. Leaves × opposite, subsessile, 3-10 2-4.5 mm, obliquely obovate or oblanceolate-oblong, base truncate or cuneate, apex obtuse or rounded, margins crenulate, coriaceous. Cyathia few in subterminal, lax clusters, rarely solitary in upper axils. Involucre subcampanulate; lobes triangular-ovate, 3-5-fid; glands 4, appendage unequal, rose coloured. Male florets 4-6, bracteolate. Female florets laterally pendulous. Styles deeply 2-fid; stigma spathulate. Capsule ca. 2.5 mm across; seeds keeled.
native range: Sri Lanka, Peninsular India and Afghanistan
distribution: South Asia
english names: Rosy spurge
flowering fruiting: November – January
occurrence maldives: Occasional in forest areas