Euphorbiaceae FAMILY

Euphorbia prostrata

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

The latex is used as an arrow poison[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ].

Botanical Description

Euphorbia prostrata is a prostrate, annual herb with branches up to 20cm long, tinged purplish, with numerous adventitious roots; the stems contain latex[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, the Guyanas; C. America - Nicaragua to Mexico and central N. America; Caribbean.

HabitatDisturbed places, gardens, fields and roadsides, usually on sandy or gravelly soils; at elevations up to 2,000 metres[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ].