| Family Name | Euphorbiaceae |
| Scientific name | Euphorbia antiquorum |
| Common name | Euphorbia antiquorum |
| Growth habit | Succulent shrubby small tree |
| Leaf | Leaves clustered; Leaf blade lanceolate; base broadly cuneate, nearly angular lanceolate, blunt tip, entire. White liquid secretion from cut leaves. |
| Flower | Inflorescence grows on axil. Involucre-shaped and wide bell-shaped. Lobes semicircular. Margin denticulate. March to April flowering. |
| Fruit | Capsule triangular shaped flat spherical. Fruiting throughout the year. |
| More to learn | The plant is toxic! Must be fried with rice until parched for oral treatment; if skin contact with juice, can cause inflammation, blisters; sap gets in the eyes, can cause blindness. Eating a small amount of cause strenuous creatorrhea. By eating a lot, would cause stimulation of oral mucosa, vomiting, dizziness, coma, muscle tremors, etc. Rescue methods: skin contact with the juice should be immediately washed with water or given painkillers. Eating should pay attention to the protection and cleaning of the oral intravenous glucose saline, insulation, injection stimulants. |
| Properties | Whole plant as medicine: Bitter. Cold. Toxic. |
| Treats | Stems, leaves: swelling, Sida, diarrhea, For acute gastroenteritis, malaria, bone-setters throat. Juice: diarrhea, by water, itching. For ascites due to cirrhosis, psoriasis. |
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