Plant Details

Accepted name:: Euphorbia hypericifolia L. [Euphorbiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
acamelikacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
acamelikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
acoglla	Other	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
black parsley	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
canchlagua	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
chickenweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
dhaktidudhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dudhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dudhikalave	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dudhmogra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dugdhika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
euphorbia hypericifolia	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
golondrina	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
graceful sandmat	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
graceful spurge	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
hakshardana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hazardana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
herbe colique	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
karuppamman paccarici	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
large spotted spurge	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
lecheleche	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
lechera	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lechosa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
nir-cottam-pala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yerba golondrina	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit, aerial part		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Chamaesyce hypericifolia (L.) Millsp. Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 2: 302 (1909).
Euphorbia glomerifera (Millsp.) L.C.Wheeler Contr. Gray Herb. 127: 78 (1939).
Anisophyllum hypericifolium (L.) Haw. Syn. Pl. Succ.: 161 (1812).
Chamaesyce boliviana (Rusby) Croizat J. Arnold Arbor. 27: 291 (1946).
Chamaesyce glomerifera Millsp. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 2: 377 (1913).
Ditrita obliqua Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 115 (1838).
Euphorbia boliviana Rusby Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 4: 442 (1907).
Euphorbia cuspidata Bertol. Misc. Bot. 3: 17 (1844), nom. illeg.
Euphorbia hypericifolia var. maculata Klotzsch in B.Seemann, Bot. Voy. Herald: 276 (1856).
Euphorbia papilligera Boiss. Cent. Euphorb.: 8 (1860).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Chamaesyce hpericifolia (L.) Millsp.	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
Chamaesyce hypericifolia (L.) Millsp.	Fijian Med. Pl. (Cambie & Ash, 1994) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015)
Euphorbia glomerifera (Millsp.) Wheeler	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Euphorbia hypericifolia	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Euphorbia hypericifolia L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Euphorbia hypericifolia Linnaeus	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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