Common in open areas or The plant is a laxative, purgative, lactogenic and also reported to have wound healing, antimicrobial, antinociceptive, anti- inflammatory, antioxidant and anthelmintic properties. in Th reat & damage: The plant is a major weed in several countries affecti
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The plant is a laxative, purgative, lactogenic and also reported to have wound healing, antimicrobial, antinociceptive, anti- inflammatory, antioxidant and anthelmintic properties. in Th reat & damage: The plant is a major weed in several countries affecting the growth of crop plants. Aided by fast growth, the plant competes successfully with crop plants for water, nutrients and light.
family
Euphorbiaceae
synonym
Euphorbia prunifolia Jacq.
description
Robust annual herbs. Leaves × alternate below, opposite above, 4-12 0.3- 7 cm, broadly ovate, elliptic, obovate, or panduriform, margins entire to coarsely serrate, apex acute, short-acuminate, base rounded to cuneate, green, sometimes floral leaves white or with splotches of purple at base; petioles 1-4 cm long. Cyathia in dense terminal cymes; involucre 2-2.5 mm Th high, glabrous, gland 1, cup-shaped with in a circular opening, without appendage; staminate flowers numerous. Capsules subglobose, 3-4 mm long, glabrous; seeds dark brownish gray to black, sometimes mottled, truncate-ovoid, angled, 2-2.5 mm long, coarsely tuberculate, ecarunculate.