Chamaesyce hirta
Euphorbiaceae (castor, euphorbia, or spurge family) » Chamaesyce hirta
kam-ay-SY-kee -- from the Greek chamai (on the ground) and skyon (fig)
HER-tuh -- meaning, hairy
commonly known as: asthma plant, common spurge, sneeze weed • Bengali: barokarni, barokherni • Hindi: बड़ा दुधी bara dudhi, दुद्धी duddhi, लाल दुधी lal-dudhi, मोटी दुधी mothi dudhi • Kannada: achchedida, akkigida, kempuneneyakk • Konkani: दुदुर्ली dudurli • Malayalam: നിലപ്പാല nilappaala • Manipuri: pakhamba maton • Marathi: दुधी dudhi • Prakrit: दुद्धिआ duddhia • Rajasthani: dhedhi-dudheli • Sanskrit: दुग्धिका dugdhika, क्षीर ksira, नागरी nagari, नागार्जुन nagarjun • Tamil: அம்மான்பச்சரிசி amman-paccarici • Telugu: నానపాల nanapala
Distribution: pantropical
References: Flowers of India • NPGS / GRIN • PIER species info
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Sh@ist@ (57 months ago | reply)
Euphorbia hirta (common name: Asthama Weed)
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dinesh_valke (57 months ago | reply)
Thank you very much, Shaista, for the ID.
challiyan (48 months ago | reply)
malayalam:നിലപ്പാല (Nilappaala)
dinesh_valke (48 months ago | reply)
Thanks very much for the help, Challiyan.
H G M (47 months ago | reply)
Beautiful !!
dinesh_valke (47 months ago | reply)
Thanks very much, Haragopal.
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dinesh_valke (16 months ago | reply)
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