Glabrous annual herb ; up to 30 cm high . Stems erect , slender , simple or 2-branched from the base . Leaves alternate , up to 2 . 5 cm , pale green , ovate , suborbicular or obovate , apex obtuse to retuse , base rounded to cuneate , margin entire ; petiole up to 1 cm ; upper leaves ovate , ovate-deltoid , sessile . Inflorescences cymes axillary and in terminal 3-branched umbels forking many times . Flowers cyathia ; glands green , with 2 appendages on each side ; male flowers bracteoles linear , with minutely ciliate tips ; female flowers ovary glabrous . Fruit capsule , ± 2 mm , deeply 3-lobed , truncate base , with 2 ridges or wings on each keel . Seeds 1 . 5 × 1 mm , oblong-ovoid with longitudinal rows of deep pits , reddish-brown becoming grey . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 2) .
No Data
Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
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Esula peplus (L.) Haw.
Euphorbion peplum (L.) St.-Lag.
Galarhoeus peplus (L.) Prokh.
Keraselma peplus (L.) Raf.
Tithymalus peplus (L.) Hill
No data
maintenanceAr.Item1
Petty Spurge
Radium Weed
Cancer Weed
Milkweed
Not used traditionally.
*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 *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
