Euphorbia pilosa L.

 
  • Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
    (Spurge Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Euphorbiaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Euphorbia pilosa subsp. ojensis Stepanov; Galarhoeus pilosus (L.) Haw.; Tithymalus hirsutus Lam.; Tithymalus lutescens (Ledeb.) Klotzsch & Garcke; Tithymalus pilosus (L.) Hill
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Euphorbia pilosa L.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Chopalo, Chounpalu, Chuplya (Hindi)
    • Bahapenarasa, Carmakara, Carmashva, Copalo (Sanskrit)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Alpine meadows, steppes, margins of open forest
  • Comments / notes : Common at waysides and shrubberies. Roots have laxative and emetic properties.
  • Flower, Fruit : May-September
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Native : Altay, India, Irkutsk, Kazakhstan, Krasnoyarsk, Mongolia, Tuva, West Siberia, Xinjiang
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Central Asia to South Siberia, Mongolia and Mozambique Channel I
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 215
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Euphorbia pilosa. Downloaded on 4 October 2024.

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