Euphorbia thymifolia

• Botanical Name : Euphorbia thymifolia L.
• Synonyms : Euphorbia microphylla Lam.
• Common Name : Nani-Dudheli
• Plant Family : Euphorbiaceae
• Plant Form : Herb
• Occurrence (Sectors) : 15
• Occurrence (Special Areas) : Indroda Park

About Euphorbia thymifolia Plant :

• Habit : A prostrate or decumbent herb.
• Stem : Dichotomously branched, pale green or reddish, more or less hairy with branches radially spreading.
• Leaves : Subsessile, obliquely rounded at base, crenulate along the margins, glabrous above, sparsely pubescent beneath, petiolate, petioles hairy, stipules fimbricate, elongate.
• Inflorescence : Small, pubescent, greenish-yellow in axillary condensed cymes without a peduncle, glands minute, stipulate, ovate rounded with 2-3 lobular appendage, pedicels hirsute.
• Fruit :
  • Capsules small, ovoid, pale-brown or straw-coloured obtusely trilobed, pubescent.
  • Seeds reddish-brown, oblong, 4-angled with faint transverse rows.
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : July - April
• Significance : The seeds and dried leaves are astringent, laxative, stimulant and given to the children in bowel complaints.