Euphorbiaceae


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Noun1.Euphorbiaceae - a family of plants of order Geraniales
family Euphorbiaceae, spurge family
rosid dicot family - a family of dicotyledonous plants
Geraniales, order Geraniales - an order of plants of subclass Rosidae including geraniums and many other plants; see Euphorbiaceae; Geraniaceae; Rutaceae; Malpighiaceae; Simaroubaceae; Meliaceae; Zygophyllaceae; Tropaeolaceae
Euphorbia, genus Euphorbia - type genus of the Euphorbiaceae: very large genus of diverse plants all having milky juice
Acalypha, genus Acalypha - a genus of herbs and shrubs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae
genus Croton - tropical shrubs and herbs; source of croton oil
Codiaeum, genus Codiaeum - evergreen tropical trees and shrubs with thick and colorful leathery leaves; Malaya and Pacific islands
genus Mercurialis, Mercurialis - a genus of slender herbs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae
genus Ricinus, Ricinus - a genus of herb having only one known species: castor-oil plant
Cnidoscolus, genus Cnidoscolus - a genus of perennial plant with bristles; belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae
genus Jatropha, Jatropha - a mainly tropical genus of American plant belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae
genus Hevea, Hevea, rubber tree - small genus of South American trees yielding latex; "rubber trees are usually cultivated in plantations"
genus Manihot, Manihot - genus of economically important tropical plants: cassava
Aleurites, genus Aleurites - candlenut
genus Pedilanthus, Pedilanthus - tropical American succulent shrubs
genus Sebastiana, Sebastiana - Mexican spurges
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The commonest bush is one of the Euphorbiaceae: an acacia and a great odd-looking cactus are the only trees which afford any shade.
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The study, carried out with the purpose of documenting information available on traditional plants from herbs sellers and traditional medical practitioners that are used in the treatment of fibroid, indicated that many of the recipes included plants in the Euphorbiaceae family.
102 Plants Used In Treating Fibroid In Ogun, Osun -Survey
La familia con mayor riqueza fue Fabaceae (32 especies), seguida por Rubiaceae (11), Euphorbiaceae, Myrtaceae, Sapotaceae (8), Boraginaceae (7), Apocynaceae y Moraceae (6), que en conjunto aportan mas del 50 % de la riqueza total (Fig.
Rebrote arboreo en la regeneracion del bosque tropical de Calakmul, Campeche, Mexico
Phyllanthus fraternus belongs to Euphorbiaceae [5] family.
Evaluation of hepatoprotective activity of aqueous extract of Phyllanthus fraternus in Wistar rats
A fitofisionomia estudada e a caatinga arborea hipoxerofila, cujos componentes arboreos de maior destaque sao das familias Fabaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Cactacea, Capparaceae e Rubiaceae.
Utility of woody vegetation in a Caatinga area in the state of Pernambuco, northeastern Brazil/Potencial utilitario da vegetacao lenhosa em area de Caatinga no estado de Pernambuco, nordeste do Brasil
The Manihot (Euphorbiaceae) genus originated in the Mesoamerica (Duputie, Salick, & McKey, 2011) and presents more than 98 species.
Manicoba hay or silage replaces Tifton 85 hay in spineless cactus diets for sheep
The families with the most genera were Fabaceae (26) and Caesalpiniaceae (10), with the most species were Fabaceae (49), Euphorbiaceae (12), Apocynaceae (11), Caesalpiniaceae (11) and Rubiaceae (11) and with the most tree stems were Fabaceae (96), Euphorbiaceae (31), Lecythidaceae (30) and Rubiaceae (27).
What we Know about the Composition and Structure of Igapo Forests in the Amazon Basin
Habitat: A drought-resistant shrub of the Euphorbiaceae family growing up to 5m in indifferent soil, originally native to Central America, now found everywhere in tropical Asia and Africa.
Plant of the Week: Strange plant can kill or cure in one dose
They were followed by Amaranthaceae with (7 spp.), Euphorbiaceae with (6 spp.), Boraginaceae with (5 spp.), Brassicaceae, Mimosaceae and Zygopyllaceae with (4 spp.) each, Solanaceae with (3 spp.).
ANGIOSPERMIC PLANT RESOURCES AND FOLK USES IN DISTRICT KARAK, KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA, PAKISTAN
virosa, Euphorbiaceae, Anthelmintic activity, Phytochemical screening.
Phytochemical Screening and Anthelmintic Activity of Flueggea virosa
The genus Cnidoscolus (Euphorbiaceae) has caught the attention of the scientific world, mostly for the many biological actions it can perform (Valenzuela Soto et al., 2015; Jaramillo et al., 2015; Nunes et al., 2016).
Bioactivity of the organic extracts of Cnidoscolus urens (L.) Arthur (Euphorbiaceae) on the cabbage-caterpillar

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