Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Euphorbia neriifolia
Scientific Name and Description
Euphorbia neriifolia L.
Herb Family
Plant type
Tree
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Euphorbia ligularia ROXB.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Common names | Spurge Tree, Milk Hedge,Candelilla, |
| Hindi | danda thuar, danda-thor, gangi-chhu, patton-ke-send, patton-ki-send, pattonkisend, sehund, sij, thohar, thuar, Thuhar थुहर |
| Kannada | aelaegalli, dundukalli, elegalli, elekalli, gootagalli, ilaikalli, irekalli, mundagalli, yalekalli, yellegulla, yellikalli |
| Malayalam | elakkalli, ilaikalli, ilakalli, ilakkalli, kalli |
| Marathi | kaantethos, mingut, nevagunda, newrang, nial kamtem, nivadunga, saabar-kaanda, thora, vainivadunga, vayinivadunga, Dudhali दुधळी |
| Sanskrit | gudha, nagarika, nanda, nistrinsapatra, patrasnuhi, patrasnuk, puttakarie, sakhakanda, samantadugdhaka, seej, sehunda, sehundah, snoohi, snuhi, snuk, sudha, svarasana, vajra, vajravrksa, vajri, vijri, vujri, Snuhi स्नुही |
| Tamil | ainkonakkalli, anaittarukkan, aranciruku, caciyami, caciyamikkalli, camattuttaccam, catakkai, catakkaicceti, cevikkalli, cilantinayakam, cinittam, cunkatam, ekavirakkalli, ekaviram, elekullie, icaimuti, ilai-kalli, ilaic cevikkalli, ilaik-kalli, ilaikkalli, ilaippacikkalli, innalai, kalli, kapanilakkinam, katarralikam, katarralikkalli, katukam,katutittacam, kunakki, kunayikkutaiyal, kunmanacani, kunmanittirincam, kunmattaippokki, manar, manattakkali, manca, mancarakkalli, mancaram, mancevi, mancevikkalli, manjevi, miruturecani,mucalcevikkalli, mucarcevi, mucarcevikkalli, mulaittaci, mutakapani, muyar cevikkallu, muyarcevikkalli, muyarpelakam, muyarpelakkalli, nadangi, nakanay, nalainkalli, natanki, nattanki, nayin pattiri, naykkalli, naynakki, naynakkipputu, naynakku, naynakkukkalli, payaca, picakavayakkalli, picakavayam, pilavaikkolli, poruttavi, poruttavikkalli, punakam, sadurakalli, talaikkalli, tapilikai, terravacceti, ulokapantani, vaccirakanta, vannikaram, vattampam |
| Telugu | aakujemmudu, aku-jemudu, akujamudu, akujemudu, akujimudu |
| Tibetan | si ri kha nda, snu-ha |
| Urdu | thuhar |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Tibetan
Folk
Sowa Rigpa
Herb usable parts
Roots
Stem
Bark
Leaves
Latex
Ethnopharmacology use
Euphorbia neriifolia L.
Habit - Shrub to small tree
Parts used - Leaves, stem, latex, root, bark
Application - Abotifacient; cough; joint pain; burns; bone fracture; earache; liver diseases
Treatment - General; children; pregnant women
References - Jain et al. 2004, Namsa et al. 2009
References
Literature
Literature
Jain et al. 2004
Namsa et al. 2009
Flora of Rajasthan Vol.2 Author - B.V.Shetty & V. Singh
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol. II Author - Mudgal, Khanna,Hajra
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL1 Author - D.B. DEB
Flora of Maharashtra State (Dicotyledons) Volume 2 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
Flora of Majuli Author - M.Islam
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 2 Author - G.L.Shah
Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)