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Red Caustic-Creeper

அம்மான்பச்சரிசி

Euphorbia thymifolia

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Red Caustic-Creeper
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Overview

Euphorbia thymifolia, the red caustic-creeper, is a prostrate annual herb of the family Euphorbiaceae. Native to tropical and subtropical America, it grows in seasonally dry tropical biomes and produces milky sap. The plant has velvet-hairy red stems up to 25 cm (9.8 in) long, with small ovate leaves and minute cyathia flowers in the leaf axils. Widely used as a traditional medicine in Africa and Asia, it is also harvested as food and traded in local markets.

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  1. Wikipedia (EN): Euphorbia thymifolia — CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikipedia (TA): அம்மான்பச்சரிசி — CC BY-SA 4.0