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[[File:Euphorbia amygdaloides cv Purpurea5 ies.jpg|thumb|right|''Euphorbia peplus'']]
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.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=={{Uses|Leukemia}}, {{Uses|Skin Cancer}}, {{Uses|Actinic Keratosis}}, {{Uses|dysentery}}, {{Uses|Skin eruptions}}, {{Uses|Blood pressure}}. ==Parts Used=={{Parts Used|Dried Folaige}}, {{Parts Used|Whole herb}}. ==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.<ref name="chemical composition"/> ==Common names=={{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=|ta=|te=|hi=|en=Radium Weed, petty spurge}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple| Alternate|Short-stalked. Blade elliptic–widely obovate, with entire margin, dark green}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
== Description =Flower==={{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}}
===Other features===
== Medicinal uses List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract''
==Common How to plant/cultivate==Prefers a position with some shade<ref name=="How to plant/cultivate"/>
== References Photo Gallery==<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">File:Odermennig.jpgFile:Agrimonia eupatoria02.jpgImage:Agrimonia eupatoria MHNT.BOT.2004.0.jpg</gallery>
==References== <references><ref name="Euphorbia pepluschemical composition">[https://www.flowersofindiasciencedirect.netcom/science/catalogarticle/slidespii/RadiumS0378874112006393?via%20Weed3Dihub "sciencedirect"]</ref> <ref name="Leaf">[http://www.html luontoportti.com/suomi/en/kukkakasvit/petty-spurge "nature gate"]</ref> <ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Euphorbia+peplus "flowersofindiapractical trophical palnts"]</ref>
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== External link Links==*[https://enkeyserver.wikipedialucidcentral.org/wikiweeds/Euphorbia_peplus "wikipedia"]data/media/Html/euphorbia_peplus.htm
[[Category:Herbs]]