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  • COMMON NAME: Petty Spurge, Radium Plant.
  • ARABIC: أم الحليب، خنيز
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Euphorbia peplus L.
  • SYNONYMS: Esula peplus (L.) Haw., Euphorbion peplum (L.) St.-Lag., Galarhoeus peplus (L.) Prokh., Keraselma peplus (L.) Raf., Tithymalus peplus (L.) Hill,
  • FAMILY: EUPHORBIACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Medicinal (M)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Pools Sandy
  • TYPES: Annual
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:347724-1/general-information#uses https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Euphorbia~peplus V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021. M.V.D jongbloed, G.R. Fuelner, B. Boer, A.R. Western. the comprehensive guide to the wild flowers of the United Arab Emirates. Environmental research and wildlife Development agency, Abu Dhabi, 2003.
Plant extract used for liver disorders. Milky sap purgative, diuretic. Used to treat asthma attacks as well as gout.
Erect, glabrous, bright green, annual herb, up to 30 cm high, with few branches at the base. Cauline leaves alternate, obovate, ovate or suborbicular, obtuse, tapered or rounded at the base, leaves of the pseudoumble ovate-rhombic, obtuse, subtruncate at the base, sessile. Psedoumbel terminal 3-rayed, several times forked. Capsules 1-2 mm across, glabrous, with 2 wing-like on each keel. Seeds 1.5 mm long, ovoid-hexagonal sided, pale grey, with a longitudinal groove on each of the 2 inner facets and a longitudinal row of 3-4 pits on the 4 outer facets. Flowering from January to April.
Weed in cultivated fields and along irrigation channels.
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