Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
burra-leiteira	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
erva de santa luzia	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
erva-de-leite	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
golondrina	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hyssop-leaf sandmat	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
porca-parideira	Other	Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
sagádi gáyu	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
tripa de pollo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf, whole plant		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
leaf, flower, root		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
latex, entire plant		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 33 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Chamaesyce hyssopifolia (L.) Small Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 3: 429 (1905).
Anisophyllum hyssopifolium (L.) Haw. Syn. Pl. Succ.: 161 (1812).
Chamaesyce brasiliensis (Lam.) Small Fl. S.E. U.S.: 712 (1903).
Chamaesyce jenningsii Millsp. ex Britton Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 43: 465 (1916).
Chamaesyce jonesii (Millsp.) Millsp. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 2: 410 (1916).
Chamaesyce nirurioides Millsp. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 2: 394 (1914).
Euphorbia blanchetii Miq. ex Boiss. Linnaea 22: 797 (1850).
Euphorbia brasiliensis Lam. Encycl. 2: 423 (1788).
Euphorbia brasiliensis f. angustior Chodat & Hassl. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 5: 680 (1905).
Euphorbia brasiliensis var. blanchetii (Miq. ex Boiss.) Boiss. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 24 (1862).
Euphorbia brasiliensis var. genuina Chodat & Hassl. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 5: 680 (1905), not validly publ.
Euphorbia brasiliensis var. hyssopifolia (L.) Boiss. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 24 (1862).
Euphorbia brasiliensis f. latior Chodat & Hassl. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 5: 680 (1905).
Euphorbia brasiliensis f. major Chodat & Hassl. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 5: 680 (1905).
Euphorbia brasiliensis var. paraguayensis Chodat Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 1: 399 (1901).
Euphorbia brasiliensis f. pruinosa Chodat Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 1: 399 (1901).
Euphorbia brasiliensis var. pruinosa (Chodat) Chodat & Hassl. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 5: 681 (1905).
Euphorbia brasiliensis var. pulchella Boiss. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 24 (1862).
Euphorbia brasiliensis f. subsessilis Chodat & Hassl. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 5: 681 (1905).
Euphorbia brasiliensis var. uniflora Chodat & Hassl. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 5: 681 (1905).
Euphorbia domingensis Spreng. ex Boiss. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 24 (1862), pro syn.
Euphorbia hypericifolia var. falciformis Klotzsch London J. Bot. 2: 42 (1843).
Euphorbia hyssopifolia var. blanchetii (Miq. ex Boiss.) Oudejans Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 21: 185 (1992 publ. 1993).
Euphorbia hyssopifolia var. paraguayensis (Chodat) Oudejans Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 21: 185 (1992 publ. 1993).
Euphorbia hyssopifolia var. pruinosa (Chodat) Oudejans Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 21: 185 (1992 publ. 1993).
Euphorbia hyssopifolia var. pulchella (Boiss.) Oudejans Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 21: 185 (1992 publ. 1993).
Euphorbia hyssopifolia var. uniflora (Chodat & Hassl.) Oudejans Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 21: 185 (1992 publ. 1993).
Euphorbia jonesii Millsp. Pittonia 2: 89 (1890).
Euphorbia klotzschiana Miq. Nat. Verh. Wet. Haarl. 7: 95 (1851).
Euphorbia nirurioides (Millsp.) Fawc. & Rendle Fl. Jamaica 4: 339 (1920).
Euphorbia pulchella Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 56 (1817), nom. illeg.
Euphorbia serrulata Vell. Fl. Flumin.: 203 (1829), nom. illeg.
Euphorbia stenomeres S.F.Blake Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 24: 13 (1922).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Chamaesyce hyssopifolia (L.) Small	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
Chamaesyce hyssopifolia Small.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Euphorbia hyssopifolia L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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