Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Euphorbia trigona
Scientific Name and Description
Euphorbia antiquorum L.
Euphorbia trigona Mill.
Euphorbia trigona Mill.
Herb Family
Plant type
Shrub
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
E. canariensis
E. trigona
Euphorbia arborescens Roxb.
Euphorbia mayuranathanii Croizat
Tithymalus antiquorus (L.) Moench
Euphorbia antiquorum
E. trigona
Euphorbia arborescens Roxb.
Euphorbia mayuranathanii Croizat
Tithymalus antiquorus (L.) Moench
Euphorbia antiquorum
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
Hindi | sehund, tidhara, tidhara-schnd, tidhara-sehna, tidhara-sehnel, tidhara-sehnr, tidhara-sehud, Thohar, Sij |
Kannada | bontakalli, bonte kalli, bontegalli, bontekalli, bonthe kalli, bonthekalli, cadarakalli, caturakalli, chadara kalli, chadaragalli, chandara galli, chathura kalli, chaturagalli, daare kalli, darekalli, jade kalli, jadegalli, jadekalli, jedekalli, kaadu kalli, katakkalli, mondu galli, mooru enina kalli, mudumula, mundu moola, mundugalli, mundukalli, sarekalli, sumanthadughade |
Malayalam | caturakalli, caturakkalli, chathurakalli, chatirak-kalli, chaturakalli, chaturakkalli, chaturkalli, kalli, katak-kalli, katakkalli, schadida-calli, schadidacalli, shadurakalli |
Marathi | nara, naraseja, narsej, navadunga, nivaduunga, pad-nival, sij, thridhaari, tirikon, tridhari, tuar, Shunti |
Sanskrit | gandira, mahataru, nanda, nisrinapatra, seehoondee, sehunda, simhunda, situnda, snuhi, snuk, sudha, tridhara, tridharaka, vajra, vajrakantaka, vajrakantakah, vajrakshira, vajratundi, vajravrksa, vajri |
Tamil | amudangam, amutankam, atankakkaratti, atankatacatti, ataviyiltiruti, ayili, cadurakkalli, cakkalavi, cakkalavi, catankai, catarcci, catirakkalli, caturakakkalli, caturakkalli, caturam, caturamankalli, caturaveti, cetikkalli, chadura-kalli, chandurakkalli, chathurakkalli, culam, culi1, cunaki, cunakkutakkalli, cunakkutam,cunanku, cunankukkalli, cuntiyuntai, cunuki,cunukku, cunukkukkalli, curukkucam, cutacci, cutarcci, cutarccikkalli, cutuki, cuturcci, iracapattiram, iratcaci, kalli, kalli, kallimatitam, kandiravam, kaniravam, kaniravan, kankaippalilai, kannacaram, kanti,kantiram, kantiravam, kantirvam, karkatakamatar, karuvamarappali, katterumai, katterumaikkalli, kattuccaturakkalli, katuri, kiruttinacarucapam,kodiravam, komakkalli, koman, komaram, kotarakam, kotiravakkalli, kotiravam, kutacittiri, kutam, makavirukkam, makaviruttakkalli, makaviruttam, makkanutaiyalmuli, mavirukkam, mavirukkam murittargalli, muccaturam, mullucculi, murittarkalli, murukki, nanmukakkalli, palakaikkalli ,palanikakkalli, palanikam, pallinar, pallinarkalli, pallirai, saduchi, sadura-kalli, sadurakkalli, sathura kalli, saturakkalli, shadraykullie paal, shadurak-kalli, shadurakkalli, shadurakkally, tirikalli, tiruvargalli, tiruvarkalli, tuttanniyam, vacciram, vacciramuli, vaccirankam, vacciratuntam, vacciri, vacittatimuli, vatakkini,Seethakkalli |
Telugu | bammajamudu, bhumijemudu, bomma jemudu, bomma-jemudu, bommajemmudu, bommajemudu, bondakalli, bonta-jemudu, bontachemudu, bontahemudu, bontajammadoo, bontajamoodoo, bontajemmudu, bontajemudu, bontakalli, bontha jemudu, bontha kalli, bonthajamudu, bonthakalli, bumachumadoo, mudu-mula-jemudu, pedda jemudu, peddajamudu, peddajemmudu, peddajemudu, peddajimmadu, peddatarmadu, simhundumu |
Urdu | farfium, farfiun, farfiyun, farftyun |
Common Names | Candelabra Tree, Candle Spurge,Devil's Backbone,antique spurge Euphorbia of the Ancients |
Bengali | Kantaki, Euphorbia |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Roots
Stem
Fruits
Latex
Ethnopharmacology use
Euphorbia antiquorum L.
Habit - Shrub
Parts used - Root, latex, stem, fruit
Application - Edema; bone fractures; body pain; gout; anti diabetic; purgative; nerve disorder; bronchitis; dysentery; dyspepsia; ulcers; asthma
Treatment - General
References - Ratnam and Raju 2008
References
Literature
Literature
Ratnam and Raju 2008
Flora of Bankura District(West Bengal) Author - Sanyal M.N.
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol. II Author - Mudgal, Khanna,Hajra
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL1 Author - D.B. DEB
The Flora of the Gulf of Mannar Author - P. Daniel & P. Umamaheswari
FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-2 Author - C.J SALDHANA
Flora of Maharashtra State (Dicotyledons) Volume 2 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
The Flora of Orissa Vol III Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.
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)
Citations
Herb citations
Euphorbia antiquorum. (2024, January 17). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphorbia_antiquorum