• Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
  (Spurge Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : EUPHORBIACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Chamaesyce prostrata (Aiton) Small
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Euphorbia prostrata Aiton
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Weed in gardens
• Comments / notes : On hills 500-1200m
• Flower, Fruit : August-June
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K.Swamy
• Collection Nos : FAP 41935
• Collection Locality : Thimmamma marrimanu, Anantapur district
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Dharwad district, Mysuru district, Raichur district
  • Kerala : Kannur district, Kollam district
  • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Bargarh district, Ganjam district, Puri district, Khurda district, Jajpur district
• Native : Caribbean
• World Distribution : Pantropical
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa S Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983;D, V 2, KFRI; Saldanha, C.J. (1996). Flora of Karnataka vol. 2. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Euphorbia prostrata. Downloaded on 7 October 2025.

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