Plant Details

Accepted name:: Euphorbia cactus Ehrenb. ex Boiss. [Euphorbiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
qaṣṣaṣ	Other	Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin & Pelt, 1982)
zuger	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
	latex	Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin & Pelt, 1982)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Euphorbia cactus var. tortirama Rauh & Lavranos Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 38: 171 (1966).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Euphorbia cactus Baker	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
Euphorbia cactus Ehrenb.	Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin & Pelt, 1982)
Euphorbia cactus Ehrenb. ex Boiss.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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