| Crested Spurge |
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| File size | 770441 |
| Original date | 10/28/15 11:12 AM |
| Resolution | 2024 x 1518 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 36.2mm |
| Exposure time | 1/500s |
| Aperture | 11.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Average |
| Camera make | FUJIFILM |
| Camera model | X-S1 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Euphorbia cristata Family: Euphorbiaceae (Castor family)
Synonyms: Chamaesyce cristata, Lophobios cristata
Synonyms: Chamaesyce cristata, Lophobios cristata
Crested Spurge is a small prostrate annual hairy
herb, up to 15 cm. Leaves are up to 2.5 x 1.2 cm, ovate, tip bluntly,
pointed, base oblique, sawtoothed, fringed with hairs, membranous;
leaf-stalk up to 3 mm. Cyathia are 1-3, at branch-ends or in
leaf-axils, covered with overlapping floral leaves; involucre 2 mm,
bell-shaped, fringed with hairs; glands 4, appendages 1.5 mm, fringed,
with long hairs; male flowers-5-8, bracteolate; stalk 2 mm; anthers
subspherical, female flowers-drooping; stalk 4 mm; ovary subspherical,
velvet-hairy, styles 3 bifid. Capsule is 2 x 4 mm, quadrangular.
Crested Spurge is found in South India and Sri Lanka. Flowering:
December-February.
Medicinal uses:
Tender leaved are ground in to
a paste and applied to fracture. Mucilage from stem is applied to
burns.
Medicinal uses:
Tender leaved are ground in to
a paste and applied to fracture. Mucilage from stem is applied to
burns. | Identification credit: Navendu Pāgé | Photographed in Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh. |
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