Euphorbia_helioscopia_10 © OBG
Euphorbia_helioscopia_2 © OBG
Euphorbia_helioscopia_3 © OBG
Euphorbia_helioscopia_4 © OBG
Euphorbia_helioscopia_5 © OBG
Euphorbia_helioscopia_6 © OBG
Euphorbia_helioscopia_7 © OBG
Euphorbia_helioscopia_8 © OBG
Euphorbia_helioscopia_9 © OBG
Euphorbia_helioscopia © OBG
Monoecious . Somewhat fleshy annual herb ; up to 25 cm long . Stems erect , simple or occasionally 2-3-branched from the base , sparsely pubescent with fine hairs . Leaves alternate , sessile , 10-30 x 8-11 mmn obovate-spatulate , apex obtuse to retuse , base tapering , margin minutely crenate ; floral leaves opposite or whorled , ovate , rounded at base , finely toothed . Inflorescences composed of 5 umbel-like cyathia , subtended by a whorl of 5 leaves ; peduncle up to 30 mm . Flowers cyathia , unisexual , small ; glands yellow-green . Fruit capsule , 4-5 mm , 3-celled , pale green , glabrous . Seeds obovate to ovate in outline , circular in cross-section , dark brown to orange-brown . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 2) .
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Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Euphorbia helioscopia subsp. helioscopioides (Loscos & J.Pardo) Nyman
Euphorbia helioscopioides Loscos & J.Pardo
Tithymalus helioscopioides (Loscos & J.Pardo) Holub
Tithymalus obovata Raf.
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Sun Spurge
Wart Spurge
Summer Spurge
Umbrella Milkweed
Madwoman's Milk
Wolf's-Milk
Not used traditionally. However, known causes eye burn when touched by hand already touched the plant, which in turn reflected in its vernacular name 'me'awarah'. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).
*Ghazanfar, S. (2003). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.1: Piperaceae – Primulaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 25). ISBN 90-72619-55-2 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *http://www.hear.org *Gledhill, D. (2008). The Names of Plants. Fourth Edition. Cambridge University Press, UK. ISBN 978-0-521-86645-3 ISSN 978-0-521-68553-5. *Miller, A., Morris, M. (1988). Plants of Dhofar, the Southern Region of Oman: Traditional, Economic, and Medicinal Uses. Published by Office of the Adviser for Conservation of the Environment, Diwan of Royal Court, Sultanate of Oman; ISBN 10: 0715708082 ISSN 13: 9780715708088. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
