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'''Euphorbia peplus''' is a species of Euphorbia. It is native to most of Europe, northern Africa, and western Asia, where it typically grows in cultivated arable land, gardens and other disturbed land. Outside of its native range it is very widely naturalised and often invasive, including in Australia, New Zealand, North America, and other countries in temperate and sub-tropical regions.
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==Uses==
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{{Uses|Leukemia}}, {{Uses|Skin Cancer}}, {{Uses|Actinic Keratosis}}, {{Uses|Dysentery}}, {{Uses|Skin eruptions}}, {{Uses|Blood pressure}}.
  
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==Parts Used==
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{{Parts Used|Leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Fruits}}.
  
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Euphorbia peplus <ref name="Euphorbia peplus" />(petty spurge, radium weed, cancer weed, or milkweed) is a species of Euphorbia, native to most of Europe, northern Africa, and western Asia, where it typically grows in cultivated arable land, gardens, and other disturbed land.
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==Chemical Composition==
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Contains volatile oils, flavonoids, apigenin, luteolin, quercetin, kaempferol, tiliroside, triterpene glycosides including euscapic acid and tormentic acid, phenolic acids, and 3%–21% tannins.<ref name="chemical composition"/>
  
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Outside of its native range it is very widely naturalised and often invasive, including in Australia, New Zealand, North America, and other countries in temperate and sub-tropical regions.
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==Common names==
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{{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=|ta=|te=|hi=|en=Radium Weed, Petty spurge}}
  
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==Properties==
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Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
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===Dravya===
  
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== Description ==
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===Rasa===
  
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It is an annual plant growing to between 5–30 cm tall (most plants growing as weeds of cultivation tend towards the smaller end), with smooth hairless stems. The leaves are oval-acute, 1–3 cm long, with a smooth margin. It has green flowers in three-rayed umbels. The glands, typical of the Euphorbiaceae, are kidney-shaped with long thin horns.
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===Guna===
  
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===Veerya===
  
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== Medicinal uses ==
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===Vipaka===
  
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The plant's sap is toxic to rapidly replicating human tissue, and has long been used as a traditional remedy for common skin lesions, including cancer.The active ingredient in the sap is a diterpene ester called ingenol mebutate. A pharmaceutical-grade ingenol mebutate gel has approval from the US Food and Drug Administration for treatment of actinic keratosis.
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===Karma===
  
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===Prabhava===
  
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== References ==
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==Habit==
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{{Habit|Annual herb}}
  
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<references>
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==Identification==
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<ref name="Euphorbia peplus">[https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Radium%20Weed.html "flowersofindia"]</ref>
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===Leaf===
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{{Leaf|Simple| Alternate|Short-stalked. Blade elliptic–widely obovate, with entire margin, dark green}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
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===Flower===
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{{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|Green|Stamens numerou|Light-coloured, with long points and Subtending bracts ovate, similar to stem leaves. Inflorescence a 3-branched, doubly 2-sided compound umbel. Nectariferous glands in cyathia sickle-shaped}}
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===Fruit===
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{{Fruit||2 mm (0.08 in.) long|3-valved capsule. Each valve narrowly winged||}}
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===Other features===
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==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
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* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract''
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==Where to get the saplings==
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==Mode of Propagation==
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{{Propagation|Seeds}}.
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==How to plant/cultivate==
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Prefers a position with some shade<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
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==Commonly seen growing in areas==
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{{Commonly seen|Temperate area}}, {{Commonly seen|Subtropical area}}.
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==Photo Gallery==
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<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
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Image:Tuinwolfsmelk 24-06-2005 20.04.56.JPG|Plant
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Image:Tuinwolfsmelk Euphorbia peplus.jpg|Plant
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Image:Euphorbia peplus3 ies.jpg|Plant
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Image:Euphorbia peplus (s. str.) sl13.jpg|Habitus
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Image:E peplus ies.jpg|Inflorescens
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Image:Euphorbia helioscopica flowers.jpg|Inflorescens
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Image:Euphorbia peplus (s. str.) sl1.jpg|Inflorescence
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Image:Euphorbia peplus (s. str.) sl2.jpg|Inflorescence
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Image:Euphorbia_peplus3.jpg|Flowers
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</gallery>
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==References==
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<references>
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<ref name="chemical composition">[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874112006393?via%3Dihub Sciencedirect]</ref>
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<ref name="Leaf">[http://www.luontoportti.com/suomi/en/kukkakasvit/petty-spurge Nature gate]</ref>
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<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Euphorbia+peplus Practical trophical  palnts]</ref>
 
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</references>
  
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==External Links==
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== External link ==
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* [https://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/media/Html/euphorbia_peplus.htm Euphorbia peplus on lucidcentral.org]  
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphorbia_peplus "wikipedia"]
 
  
 
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[[Category:Herbs]]
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[[Category:Euphorbiaceae]]

Latest revision as of 11:10, 21 October 2020

Euphorbia peplus

Euphorbia peplus is a species of Euphorbia. It is native to most of Europe, northern Africa, and western Asia, where it typically grows in cultivated arable land, gardens and other disturbed land. Outside of its native range it is very widely naturalised and often invasive, including in Australia, New Zealand, North America, and other countries in temperate and sub-tropical regions.

Uses

Leukemia, Skin Cancer, Actinic Keratosis, Dysentery, Skin eruptions, Blood pressure.

Parts Used

Leaves, Fruits.

Chemical Composition

Contains volatile oils, flavonoids, apigenin, luteolin, quercetin, kaempferol, tiliroside, triterpene glycosides including euscapic acid and tormentic acid, phenolic acids, and 3%–21% tannins.[1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit
English Radium Weed, Petty spurge


Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Annual herb

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Simple Alternate Short-stalked. Blade elliptic–widely obovate, with entire margin, dark green

[2]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Unisexual 2-4cm long Green Stamens numerou Light-coloured, with long points and Subtending bracts ovate, similar to stem leaves. Inflorescence a 3-branched, doubly 2-sided compound umbel. Nectariferous glands in cyathia sickle-shaped

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
2 mm (0.08 in.) long 3-valved capsule. Each valve narrowly winged {{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds.

How to plant/cultivate

Prefers a position with some shade[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Temperate area, Subtropical area.

Photo Gallery

  • Plant

  • Plant

  • Plant

  • Habitus

  • Inflorescens

  • Inflorescens

  • Inflorescence

  • Inflorescence

  • Flowers

References

  1. ↑ Sciencedirect
  2. ↑ Nature gate
  3. ↑ Practical trophical palnts

External Links

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