Local Name: Botanical Name: Family: Found in Zone No.

????? Euphorbia microphylla Heyne ex Roth EUPHORBIACEAE 3

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Descriptions :
HerbProstrate herb, with white latex; stem and leaves glabrous; leaves opposite, simple, petiolate, ± orbicular, asymmetric, thick, usually less than 3 mm long; apex emarginate, otherwise leaf entire; stipules interpetiolar, broad, 2 stipules fused; nodes of stem thickened; inflorescence: axillary cyathia; cyathium with 4 dark red more or less broadly elliptic glands, each with a narrow, white or pink petalline appendage; pistillate flower: calyx with 3 linear lobes; ovary 3-lobed, glabrous; styles 3, bifid; staminate flowers with one stamen; fruit 3-lobed, glabrous, on elongated nodding pedicel; seeds 3 per fruit.