Trees & Plants

Wild poinsettia

Kuriraiyvaa

Euphorbia heterophylla L.

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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uses: 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.
native range: Central and South America
distribution: Pantropical
english names: Wild poinsettia · Painted spurge
flowering fruiting: June - August
occurrence maldives: Common in open areas or