Plant Details

Accepted name:: Euphorbia thymifolia 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:
africa	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
amman pacharisi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ammanpacharisi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
asthma plant	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
baskabisiki	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
bidurunabiyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bidurunanabiyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bilechitra phala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bilee chitraphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bilichihra phala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bin dadakeeriya	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
bsisini	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
bukbuna	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
caicotten-pala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chamber bitter	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
chhoti-dudhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chhotidudhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chicken weed	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chickenweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
chin-amam patchey arisee	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chinamampatchaiyausi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chithra ballaare	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chithra paala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chothadudhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
choti dudhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
choti-dudhi	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. by Vanraji Tribes of Kumaun Himalaya (Bhatt et al., 2013)
chuāng yíng chì	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cỏ sữa lá nhỏ	Other	Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
duddhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dudhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
dudhiya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
duduni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dugdhika	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
dugdhikaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
erra chittipayal aaku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
euphorbe à feuilles de thym	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
gelang susu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ghakdidudhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
golondrina	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gorakshadugdhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gulf sandmat	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
hazardanah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
iiupakatainan	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
jalu-jalu cina	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kempu nene hakki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
laghudugdhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
laghudugdhika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lahandudhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lahannayati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lì jí cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mahkira	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
milky	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
mothidudhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
míliqi-míliqi	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
naagaarjuni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
nagarjuni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nigachuni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nilappala	Other	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pachai pala chedi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patikan cina	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
peddavari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
petite rougette	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
qian'gencao	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
qiān gēn cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
racta-vinda-chada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raktabinducchada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raktavindachada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raktavinduchada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
reddivaarinanubalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
reddivari nanbalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
reddivarimanubala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rumput barah	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
rǔ zhī cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
segan padang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
siksik	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
sinnamman-pacharisi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sisi merah	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sithra paladai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sittirappaladi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sittrapaladai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sittrapaladi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sivappu amman pachharisi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
swaaduparni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
talalaya	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
thyme-leaf spurge	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
thyme-leaved spurge	Other	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tjembe uwii	Other	Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
tolgei	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
xiao fei yang cao	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
xiǎo fēi yáng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
xiǎo fēi yáng cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
xiǎo rǔ zhī cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
xì yè fēi yáng cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
බින් දදකීරිය	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
乳仔草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
乳汁草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
乳草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
千根草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
小乳汁草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
小本乳仔草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
小萹蓄草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
小飛揚	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
小飛揚草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
小飞扬草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
痢疾草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
瘡蠅翅	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
紅乳仔草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
紅乳草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
紅骨細本乳仔草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
細本乳仔草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
细叶飞扬草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
萹蓄草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Whole plant		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Latex, Leaves, Seeds		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Whole plant		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
whole shoot system		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
whole plant		Med. Pl. by Vanraji Tribes of Kumaun Himalaya (Bhatt et al., 2013)
whole plant		Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
root, latex, leaves, seed, aerial parts, whole plant		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
whole plant		Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
Whole plant		Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
leaf, whole plant		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
leaf, whole plant		Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
Whole Plant		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 19 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Anisophyllum thymifolium (L.) Haw. Syn. Pl. Succ.: 160 (1812).
Aplarina microphylla (Lam.) Raf. New Fl. 4: 100 (1838).
Chamaesyce mauritiana Comm. ex Denis Euphorb. Iles Austr. Afr.: 37 (1921).
Chamaesyce microphylla (Lam.) Soják Čas. Nár. Mus., Odd. Přír. 140: 169 (1972).
Chamaesyce rubrosperma (Lotsy) Millsp. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 2: 411 (1916).
Chamaesyce thymifolia (L.) Millsp. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 2: 412 (1916).
Chamaesyce thymifolia f. suffrutescens (Boiss.) Hurus. J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 6: 287 (1954).
Euphorbia afzelii N.E.Br. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 6(1): 506 (1911).
Euphorbia botryoides Noronha Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 14 (1790), nom. nud.
Euphorbia foliata Buch.-Ham. ex Dillwyn Rev. Hortus Malab.: 52 (1839).
Euphorbia microphylla Lam. Encycl. 2: 423 (1788).
Euphorbia philippina J.Gay ex Boiss. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 47 (1862), pro syn.
Euphorbia rubicunda Blume Catalogus: 73 (1823).
Euphorbia rubrosperma Lotsy Bot. Gaz. 20: 349 (1895).
Euphorbia thymifolia f. laxifoliata Chodat & Hassl. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 5: 679 (1905).
Euphorbia thymifolia var. suffrutescens Boiss. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 47 (1862).
Euphorbia aegyptiaca var. annobonensis Mildbr. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 13: 700 (1937).
Euphorbia thymifolia var. disticha Nutt. Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n.s., 5: 171 (1835).
Euphorbia thymifolia var. viridis Basumatary & S.Baruah Indian Forester 146: 270 (2020).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Anisophyllum thymifolium (L.)Haw.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Aplarina microphylla (Lam.)Raf.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Chamaesyce mauritiana Comm. ex Denis	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Chamaesyce microphylla (Lam.)SojÃ¡k	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Chamaesyce rubrosperma (Lotsy)Millsp.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Chamaesyce thymifolia (L.) Millsp.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015)
Chamaesyce thymifolia (L.)Millsp.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Chamaesyce thymifolia (L.)Millsp. suffrutescens (Boiss.)Hurus.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Euphorbia afzelii N.E.Br.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Euphorbia botryoides Noronha	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Euphorbia foliata Buch.-Ham. ex Dillwyn	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Euphorbia microphylla Lam.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Euphorbia onicrophylla L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Euphorbia philippina J.Gay ex Boiss.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Euphorbia rubicunda Blume	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Euphorbia rubrosperma Lotsy	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Euphorbia thymifolia	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Euphorbia thymifolia (L.) Millsp.	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
Euphorbia thymifolia L	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Euphorbia thymifolia L.	Comm. Med. Pl. Harvesting, Suriname (van Andel & Havinga, 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999) Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. Pl. by Vanraji Tribes of Kumaun Himalaya (Bhatt et al., 2013) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) 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) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Euphorbia thymifolia L. laxifoliata Chodat & Hassl.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Euphorbia thymifolia L. suffrutescens Boiss.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Euphorbia thymifolia Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)

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