Taxon:
Euphorbia dracunculoides Lam.
Summary
Place of publication:
Encycl. 2:428. 1788
Verified:
05/16/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Balakrishnan, N. P. & T. Chakrabarty. 2007. The family Euphorbiaceae in India; a synopsis of its profile, taxonomy and bibliography
- Govaerts, R. et al. 2000. World checklist and bibliography of Euphorbiaceae URL: http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do
- Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist.
- Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
- Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963-. Flora iranica.
- Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq.
- Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: only subsp. inconspicua
Common names
Portuguese (Brazil)
leiteira –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Somalia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Sudan | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Algeria | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Egypt | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Libya | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Morocco | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Tunisia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Kuwait | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Oman | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Saudi Arabia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Yemen | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Afghanistan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Iraq | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Andhra Pradesh | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Bihar | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Gujarat | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Karnataka | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Madhya Pradesh | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Maharashtra | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Odisha | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Punjab | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Rajasthan | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Tamil Nadu | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Uttar Pradesh | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | West Bengal | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Spain | | |
Native
Africa
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NORTHERN AFRICA:
Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Sudan, Somalia
Asia-Temperate
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ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
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WESTERN ASIA:
Afghanistan, Iraq
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India [Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Karnataka], Pakistan
Europe
-
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Materials | lipids | drying lipids | Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq. |
Medicines | folklore | | Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq. |