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Euphorbia peplus - Devil's milk

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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}}
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.==Habit=={{Habit|Annual herb}}
==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}}
It is an annual plant growing to between 5–30 cm tall ===Fruit==={{Fruit||2 mm (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 margin0. It has green flowers 08 in three-rayed umbels. The glands, typical of the Euphorbiaceae, are kidney) long|3-shaped with long thin hornsvalved capsule.Each valve narrowly winged||}}
===Other features===
== Medicinal uses List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract''
The plant's sap is toxic ==Where to rapidly replicating human tissue, and has long been used as a traditional remedy for common skin lesions, including cancer.The active ingredient in get 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 saplings====Mode of actinic keratosisPropagation=={{Propagation|Seeds}}.
==Common How to plant/cultivate==Prefers a position with some shade<ref name=="How to plant/cultivate"/>
* '''English''' - devil's milk==Commonly seen growing in areas==* '''Kannada''' - ಚದರಕಳ್ಳಿ{{Commonly seen|Temperate}}, {{Commonly seen|Subtrophical}}.
== 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]]

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