Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:451. 1753
Verified:
03/04/1996
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Conservation Status
- CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
Reference(s)
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
- Balakrishnan, N. P. & T. Chakrabarty. The family Euphorbiaceae in India; a synopsis of its profile, taxonomy and bibliography. 2007
- Basak, S. K. et al. 2009. Keratouveitis caused by Euphorbia plant sap. Indian J. Ophthalmol. 57:311-313.
- Burger, W. C., ed. Flora costaricensis. 1971-
- CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
- Eggli, U., ed. Illustrated handbook of succulent plants: Dicotyledons. 2002
- Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
- Erhardt, W. et al. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008
- Govaerts, R. et al. World checklist and bibliography of Euphorbiaceae. 2000
- Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
- Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
- Ma, J. S. & C. Y. Wu. 1992. A synopsis of chinese Euphorbia L. s.l. (Euphorbiaceae). Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 21:101.
- McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
- McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
- Missouri Botanical Garden. Flora of China Checklist (on-line resource).
- Padua, L. S. de et al., eds. 1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 12(1):269.
- Parrotta, J. A. Healing plants of peninsular India. 2001
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Common names
English
hedge euphorbia – milk spurge – oleander spurge – German
Oleander-Wolfsmilch – Swedish
oleandereuforbia –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangdong | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangxi | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hainan | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Yunnan | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Daman and Diu | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Goa | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Gujarat | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Haryana | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Karnataka | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Kerala | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Madhya Pradesh | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Maharashtra | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Punjab | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Rajasthan | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Tripura | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Uttar Pradesh | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | West Bengal | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Myanmar | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | New Guinea | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
Native
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China [Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan]
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India [Daman and Diu, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal]
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INDO-CHINA:
Myanmar
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MALESIA:
New Guinea, Malaysia
Cultivated
()
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 |
Vertebrate poisons | fish | | Padua, L. S. de et al., eds. 1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 12(1):269. |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Basak, S. K. et al. 2009. Keratouveitis caused by Euphorbia plant sap. Indian J. Ophthalmol. 57:311-313. |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=16390.
Accessed 20 September 2024.