Euphorbia thymifolia L.

 
  • Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
    (Spurge Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Euphorbiaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Chamaesyce thymifolia (L.) Millsp.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Euphorbia thymifolia L.
  • Common name : Gulf Sandmat
  • Vernacular name :
    • Duddhi, Dudhiya, Choti-dudhi (Hindi)
    • Kempu nene hakki, Bilichitara phala, Chitra ballare (Kannada)
    • Chinnammanpacharisi (Tamil)
    • Laghu dudhi, Raktabinducchada, Dugdhika (Sanskrit)
    • Kaligati, Pathrasiju (Oria)
    • Errachittipayalaku (Telugu)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Scrub forests and plains
  • Comments / notes : On plains to foothills and on hills up to 1200m, in fallow fields and wastelands. A ready colonizer along new roads.
  • Flower, Fruit : September-November
  • Collector(s) Name : Raja K.Swamy, Arun Singh, K. Sankara Rao, Navendu Page; Raja K. Swamy, B. Sadaisvaiah
  • Collection Date : 23-02-2016, 09-12-2010
  • Collection Nos : HJCB-0473; FAP 41960
  • Collection Locality : RPRC Garden, Bhubaneswar, Khurda district (OD); Vemula to Guduru, Kadapa district (AP)
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Throughout Andhra Pradesh
    • Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Bidar district, Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Davanagare district, Hassan district, Kolar district, Mysuru district, Raichur district, Shivamogga district, Tumakuru district, Uttara Kannada district
    • Maharashtra : Akola district
    • Odisha : Throughout Odisha
    • Tamil Nadu : Throughout Tamil Nadu
    • Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Siang, Tirap
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Punjab : Punjab
  • Native : Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Galápagos, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : Tropical Asia
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
    • R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
    • H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan District
    • Saldanha, C.J. (1996). Flora of Karnataka vol. 2. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
    • Seetharam et al., 2000 – Flora of Gulbarga
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg District
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi district
    • Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District
    • Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere district
    • Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
    • Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India
    • 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 thymifolia. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.

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