Plant Details

Accepted name:: Euphorbia chamaesyce 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:
anjier-e-zamini	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
crenated annual spurge	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
dudhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
euphorbe petit-figuier	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
ground spurge	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
khāmāsouqi	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
paala alumu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
prostrate sandmat	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
wood spurge	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
انجیر زمینی	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
خاماسوقي	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
‫تين الأرض‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Whole plant		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 37 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Chamaesyce canescens (L.) Prokh. Consp. Syst. Tithymalus As. Med.: 15, 19 (1933).
Anisophyllum chamaesyce (L.) Haw. Syn. Pl. Succ.: 160 (1812).
Anisophyllum vaticanum Gand. Fl. Eur. 20: 143 (1890), opus utique oppr.
Chamaesyce canescens subsp. glabra (Roep.) Soják Čas. Nár. Mus., Odd. Přír. 140: 169 (1972).
Chamaesyce canescens subsp. massiliensis (DC.) Soják Čas. Nár. Mus., Odd. Přír. 140: 169 (1972).
Chamaesyce chamaesyce (L.) Hurus. J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 6: 283 (1954), not validly publ.
Chamaesyce libassii (Lojac.) Giardina & Raimondo Bocconea 20: 11 (2007).
Chamaesyce massiliensis (DC.) Galushko Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 11: 299 (1974).
Chamaesyce vulgaris Prokh. Trudy Kuibyshevsk. Bot. Sada 1: 8 (1941).
Chamaesyce vulgaris subsp. massiliensis (DC.) Benedí & Orell Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 21: 46 (1992 publ. 1993).
Ditrita rotundifolia Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 115 (1838).
Euphorbia canescens L. Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 652 (1762).
Euphorbia canescens var. microphylla Sennen & Elías Exsicc. (Pl. Espagne) 1920: n.° 4299 (1921), not validly publ.
Euphorbia chamaesyce var. canescens (L.) Sm. in J.Sibthorp & J.E.Smith, Fl. Graec. Prodr. 1: 324 (1809).
Euphorbia chamaesyce subsp. canescens (L.) Holmboe Stud. Veg. Cyprus: 119 (1914).
Euphorbia chamaesyce var. gabriuscula Lange in M.Willkomm & J.M.C.Lange, Prodr. Fl. Hispan. 3: 489 (1877).
Euphorbia chamaesyce f. glabra (Roep.) Thell. in P.F.A.Ascherson & K.O.R.Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 7: 455 (1917).
Euphorbia chamaesyce var. glabra Roep. Enum. Euphorb. Germ. Pannon.: 38 (1824).
Euphorbia chamaesyce var. glabriuscula Lange in M.Willkomm & J.M.C.Lange, Prodr. Fl. Hispan. 3: 489 (1877).
Euphorbia chamaesyce var. hirsuta Sennen Exsicc. (Pl. Espagne) 1918: n.° 3787 (1919).
Euphorbia chamaesyce subsp. massiliensis (DC.) Thell. in P.F.A.Ascherson & P.Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 7: 457 (1917).
Euphorbia chamaesyce var. massiliensis (DC.) P.Fourn. Quatre Fl. France: 265 (1936).
Euphorbia chamaesyce f. pilosa (Roep.) Thell. in P.F.A.Ascherson & K.O.R.Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 7: 455 (1917).
Euphorbia chamaesyce var. pilosa Roep. in J.É.Duby, Bot. Gall. (1824).
Euphorbia libassii Lojac. Fl. Sicul. 2(2): 329 (1907).
Euphorbia massiliensis DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 6: 357 (1815).
Euphorbia massiliensis var. villosa DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 6: 357 (1815).
Euphorbia perforata Tineo ex Lojac. Fl. Sicul. 2(2): 329 (1907), pro syn.
Euphorbia pinnulosa Lojac. Fl. Sicul. 2(2): 329 (1907).
Euphorbia prostrata Burch. ex Hemsl. Rep. Challenger, Bot. 1(2): 82 (1884), pro syn.
Euphorbia reichenbachiana Lojac. Fl. Sicul. 2(2): 330 (1907), nom. illeg.
Euphorbia vaticana Gand. Nov. Consp. Fl. Eur.: 417 (1910).
Tithymalus chamaesyce (L.) Moench Methodus: 666 (1794).
Tithymalus nummularius Lam. Fl. Franç. 3: 101 (1779).
Xamesike palestina Raf. Autik. Bot.: 97 (1840).
Xamesike vulgaris Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 115 (1838).
Xamesike xamobala Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 115 (1838).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Chamaesyce canescens (L.) Prokh.	Ethnobot. in W Granada Province, Spain (Benítez et al., 2010)
Euphorbia chamaesyce	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Euphorbia chamaesyce L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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