Euphorbia hirta
Noms vernaculaires
(dans les territoires avec usage significatif TRAMIL)
Martinique:
- malnommée
- malomé
- malomin
Haïti:
- malnommée H
- malomé H
- malomin H
Cuba:
- tapón
Distribution géographique
Largement distribuée dans les régions tropicales et subtropicales.
Description botanique
Herbacée annuelle, tiges de 30 cm de haut, tomenteuse et avec d’abondants poils jaunâtres. Feuilles opposées à court pétiole, limbes ovales à lancéolées, souvent rhombique de 1-3 cm de long, base arrondie, apex aigü, bords dentelées, souvent avec des taches rouges ou pourpres. Inflorescences terminales et axillaires, pédonculées, avec de petites glandes pourpres. Capsules de 1 à 1,2 mm de long, pubescentes-strigueuses.
Voucher(s)
Longuefosse & Nossin, 104, HAVPM
Soberats, 90-07, CIFMT
Pharmacopée
Ed.3References
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