Euphorbia neriifolia L.

DeFilipps, Robert A. & Krupnick, Gary A., 2018, The medicinal plants of Myanmar, PhytoKeys 102, pp. 1-341 : 69

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.102.24380

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scientific name

Euphorbia neriifolia L.
status

 

Euphorbia neriifolia L.

Names.

Myanmar: shazaung-myin-na, ta-zaung, zizaung. English: hedge euphorbia, Indian spurgetree, oleander-leaved euphorbia.

Range.

India; perhaps also East Indies. Cultivated in Myanmar and elsewhere.

Use.

Leaf: Used to treat asthma.

Note.

Perry (1980) discusses the uses of the species in Taiwan, the Malay Peninsula, the Philippines, and Indonesia.

Reference.

Forest Department (1999).