Euphorbia sieboldiana
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Genus: | Euphorbia |
| Species: | E. sieboldiana
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Euphorbia sieboldiana, the Siebold's spurge,[3] is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family Euphorbiaceae. It is native to eastern Asia, where it is found in China, Japan, Korea, and eastern Russia.[4] Its natural habitat is in grassy areas and forest margins.[4] It is a common species in Japan.[5]
It is an rhizomatous perennial growing to 70 cm tall. It produces small flowers in compact pseudoumbels. These lack petal-like appendages. This species can be readily identified by the horn-like projections on the glands of the involucre.[4] Blooming time is in spring and early summer.[5]
Toxicity and medicinal uses[edit]
The plant is used medicinally in China, where it has the common name Langdu (狼毒花) lit. "wolf poison" (狼 lang "wolf" + 毒 dú "poison" + 花 huā "flower"). It shares this vernacular name with two other medicinal plants: Euphorbia fischeriana and the unrelated Stellera chamaejasme (family Thymelaceae) - which nonetheless has similar qualities, medicinal properties and uses, these being pungency, toxicity, cathartic, anthelmintic and expectorant activity, and topical use to treat ulcers and skin diseases.[6][7]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Euphorbia sieboldiana C.Morren & Decne". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
- ^ "Euphorbia sieboldiana C.Morren & Decne". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
- ^ Lee, Sangtae; Chang, Kae Sun, eds. (2015). English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. p. 465. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Retrieved 14 March 2019 – via Korea Forest Service.
- ^ a b c Euphorbia sieboldiana Flora of China
- ^ a b Ohwi, Jisaburo (1965). Flora of Japan. Washington: Smithsonian Institution. p. 594. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.43786. LCCN 65062683. OCLC 182709297.
- ^ Perry, Lily M. assisted by Metzger, Judith Medicinal Plants of East and Southeast Asia, pub. The MIT Press 1980 ISBN 0 262 16076 5, page 144.
- ^ Chung yao chih [New Chinese Materia Medica] pub. Beijing 1959 vol. 1: Roots( being a project undertaken by the following institutions: Pharmaceut. Inst. Acad. Med., Peking; Bot. Gard., Acad. Sinica, Nanking; Peking Med. Col., Dept. Pharmacy; Tientsin Drug Supply House; Peking Coll. Chinese Medicine; Peking Drug Supply House. Preface by C.E. Wang. Translated by Mr. T.S. Wei.