Economic Botany Herbarium Details

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Economic Botany Herbarium Details

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Barcode: CAL0000008799

Family: EUPHORBIACEAE

Scientific Name: Pedilanthus tithymaloides (L.) Poit.

Collector: S.S.R. Bennet

Country: India

Uses: The root of the plant is considered of having emetic properties. The latex of the plant is having emetic, irritant, and caustic properties and is utilized in venereal diseases. And for warts and leucoderma patches it is applied.