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  • COMMON NAME: spurge
  • ARABIC: لبينة
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Euphorbia arabica Hochst. & Steud. ex T.Anderson
  • SYNONYMS: Anisophyllum arabicum
  • FAMILY: EUPHORBIACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Sharjah , Ras-Al-Khaimah , Fujairah
  • GROWTH FORMS: Shrubs
  • HABITATS: Wadi Sandy
  • TYPES: Annual
  • REMARKS: Wadi Wurayah National Park (WWNP).
Flora of the United Arab Emirates V1 & 2, Fawzi M.Karim, Nael M.Fawzi; reviewed by Fatima Al-Ansary. Al-Ain: United Arab Emirates University, 2007. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:988661-1#synonyms Gary R. Feulner. 2014. The Flora of Wadi Wurayah National Park Fujairah, United Arab Emirates.
Glabrous, shrublet, with slender purplish-green, smooth, branches arising from woody base, up to 30 cm high. Leaves opposite, tiny, 1-2 cm long, narrowly linear, acute, entire, red or brown. Cyathia minute, yellowish-green, in axillary groups of 2-3, with white glands. Seeds minute, red. Flowering from January to April.
Sandy and gravely soil in wadis.
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