Euphorbia hirta L.

 
  • Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
    (Spurge Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Euphorbiaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Euphorbia pilulifera f. viridis Domin; Chamaesyce hirta (L.) Millsp.; Desmonema hirta (L.) Raf.; Ditrita hirta (L.) Raf.; Euphorbia hirta var. typica L.C.Wheeler; Euphorbia pilulifera var. hirta (L.) Thell.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Euphorbia hirta L.
  • Common name : Common Spurge, Asthma herb, Australian asthma herb, Pill-bearing spurge, Snake weed
  • Vernacular name :
    • Acce gida, Karihal soppu, Taddina gida, Halukudi (Kannada)
    • Ammanpacharisi (Tamil)
    • Dudhi (Marathi)
    • Cheldudhi, Chitakuli, Chitakuteai, Hari Harik, Hari Hari (Oria)
    • Dudhi, Bidarie, Reddyvarnanalu (Telugu)
    • Kuzhinagappala, Nilappala (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Degraded forests, roadsides, open places and cultivated fields
  • Comments / notes : On plains to 1400m. Ubiquitous herb of pasturelands, wastelands and road cuttings.
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Throughout Andhra Pradesh
    • Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Ballari district, Bidar district, Vijayapura (Bijapur) district, Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Davanagare district, Dharwad district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Tumakuru district
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Maharashtra : Akola district
    • Odisha : Common
    • Tamil Nadu : Throughout Tamil Nadu
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Kameng, Lohit, Subansiri
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Punjab : Punjab
    • Rajasthan : Jaisalmer district, Barmer district, Bikaner district, Jodhpur district
  • Native : Alabama, Argentina, Arizona, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, California, Central American Pac, Chile Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Georgia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamai
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : Pantropical
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
    • R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
    • H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
    • Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan District
    • Saldanha, C.J. (1996). Flora of Karnataka vol. 2. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
    • Gowda, 2004 – Flora of Sringeri
    • Seetharam et al., 2000 – Flora of Gulbarga
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg District
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District
    • Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere District
    • Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India
    • Maheshwari K.J (1963). Flora of Delhi: 312-313
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 371
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Euphorbia hirta. Downloaded on 10 October 2024.

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