{"id":1398340,"date":"2011-03-01T05:27:53","date_gmt":"2011-03-01T05:27:53","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T18:52:50","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T13:22:50","slug":"euphorbia-lathyris","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/euphorbia-lathyris\/","title":{"rendered":"Euphorbia lathyris"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Euphorbia<\/i> lathyris<\/i> L.<\/span><\/font><\/a>, Sp. Pl. 457 1753<\/i>. (Syn: Epurga<\/i> lathyris<\/i> (L.) Fourr.<\/span><\/font><\/a>; Euphorbia<\/i> decussata<\/i> Salisb.<\/span><\/font><\/a>; Euphorbia<\/i> lathyris<\/i> var.<\/span> minor<\/i> Hook. & Arn.<\/span><\/font><\/a>; Euphorbia<\/i> spongiosa<\/i> Ledeb. ex Schrank<\/span><\/font><\/a>; Euphorbion<\/i> lathyrum<\/i> (L.) St.-Lag.<\/span><\/font><\/a>; Galarhoeus<\/i> decussatus<\/i> (Salisb.) Gray<\/span><\/font><\/a>; Galarhoeus<\/i> lathyris<\/i> (L.) Haw.<\/span><\/font><\/a>; Keraselma<\/i> lathyris<\/i> (L.) Raf.<\/span><\/font><\/a>; Tithymalus<\/i> cataputia<\/i> Garsault<\/span><\/font><\/a> [Invalid]; Tithymalus<\/i> lathyris<\/i> (L.) Hill<\/span><\/font><\/a>);<\/div>\n
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Euphorbiaceae Week: Euphorbia lathyris from Kashmir<\/a>: Euphorbia lathyris<\/b><\/i> L., Sp. pl. 1:457. 1753 “E. lathyrus” (corr. Syst. nat. ed. 10, 2:1048. 1759 & Sp. pl. ed. 2, 1:655. 1762)
syn: Euphorbia lathyrus<\/i> L., orth. var.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/div>\n
Though the plant is highly posonous and an invasive weed, is often sold by nurseries to repel moles.<\/font> <\/span><\/div>\n
Often grown in pots but may soon become self sown.<\/font> It is used in folk medicine as a poison, antiseptic, and a purgative. It is used as a folk remedy for cancer, corns, and warts.\u00a0<\/font><\/span>
<\/font>Common names: caper spurge, gopherplant, moleplant <\/b><\/span><\/div>\n

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Euphorbiaceae Fortnight: Euphorbia lathyris from Kashmir-GS-33<\/a> : Attachments<\/span> (4<\/span>). 5 posts by 4 authors.<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/div>\n

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Euphorbia lathyris<\/i><\/b> L., Sp. pl. 1:457. 1753 “E. lathyrus<\/i>” <\/font>(corr. Syst. nat. ed. 10, 2:1048. 1759 & Sp. pl. ed. 2, 1:655. 1762<\/font>)<\/span>
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syn: Euphorbia lathyrus<\/i> L., orth. var.<\/font><\/div>\n
Though the plant is highly posonous and an invasive weed, is often sold by nurseries to repel moles. Often grown in pots but may soon become self sown.<\/font> It is used in folk medicine as a poison, antiseptic, and a purgative. It is used as a folk remedy for cancer, corns, and warts.<\/span><\/font> <\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
Common names: caper spurge<\/font>, <\/span>gopherplant<\/font>, <\/span><\/b><\/font>moleplant<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n
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Yes it is Euphorbia lathyris<\/i> L., disjunctly distributed in Kashmir and Darjeeling in E.Himalaya<\/font>. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
The seeds contain about 50 % oil, called Euphorbia oil, used for making soaps.<\/font><\/p>\n
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Euphorbia lathyris L., Sp. Pl. 457 1753. (Syn: Epurga lathyris (L.) Fourr.; Euphorbia decussata Salisb.; Euphorbia lathyris var. minor Hook. & Arn.; Euphorbia spongiosa Ledeb. ex Schrank; Euphorbion lathyrum (L.) St.-Lag.; Galarhoeus decussatus (Salisb.) Gray; Galarhoeus lathyris (L.) Haw.; Keraselma lathyris (L.) Raf.; Tithymalus cataputia Garsault [Invalid]; Tithymalus lathyris (L.)…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[4829],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1398340","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-euphorbia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1398340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1398340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1398340\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1398340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1398340"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1398340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}