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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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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.
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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|Dried Folaige}}, {{Parts Used|Whole herb}}.
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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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==Common names==
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{{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=|ta=|te=|hi=|en=Radium Weed, petty spurge}}
  
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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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==Habit==
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{{Habit|Annual herb}}
  
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==Identification==
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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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== Description ==
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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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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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===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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== Medicinal uses ==
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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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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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==Where to get the saplings==
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==Mode of Propagation==
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{{Propagation|Seeds}}.
  
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==Common name==
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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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* '''English''' - devil's milk
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==Commonly seen growing in areas==
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* '''Kannada''' - ಚದರಕಳ್ಳಿ
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{{Commonly seen|Temperate}}, {{Commonly seen|Subtrophical}}.
  
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== References ==
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==Photo Gallery==
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<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
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File:Odermennig.jpg
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File:Agrimonia eupatoria02.jpg
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Image:Agrimonia eupatoria MHNT.BOT.2004.0.jpg
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</gallery>
  
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<references>
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==References==
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<ref name="Euphorbia peplus">[https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Radium%20Weed.html "flowersofindia"]</ref>
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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
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphorbia_peplus "wikipedia"]
 
  
 
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Euphorbia peplus


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

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

Parts Used

Dried Folaige, 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.[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


Habit

Annual herb

Identification

Leaf

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

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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, Subtrophical.

Photo Gallery

  • Odermennig.jpg
  • Agrimonia eupatoria02.jpg
  • Agrimonia eupatoria MHNT.BOT.2004.0.jpg

References

  1. ↑ "sciencedirect"
  2. ↑ "nature gate"
  3. ↑ "practical trophical palnts"

External Links

https://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/media/Html/euphorbia_peplus.htm

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