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<big>''[[Euphorbia prostrata]]'' Aiton</big>
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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Euphorbia prostrata'' (PROTA)}}
:Protologue: Hort. kew. 2 : 139 (1789).
:Family: Euphorbiaceae
:Chromosome number: 2''n'' 2n = 18, 20
== Synonyms ==
*''Chamaesyce prostrata'' (Aiton) Small (1903).
== Vernacular names ==
*Prostrate spurge, prostrate sandmat, trailing red spurge (En). *Rougette, rosette, petit trèfle, petite teigne noire (Fr).
== Origin and geographic distribution ==
''Euphorbia'' comprises about 2000 species and has a worldwide distribution, with at least 750 species occurring in continental Africa and about 150 species in Madagascar and the Indian Ocean islands. ''Euphorbia prostrata'' belongs to subgenus ''Chamaesyce'' section ''Chamaesyce'', a group of annual or sometimes perennial herbs with obvious stipules, further characterized by a main stem aborting at the seedling stage. The plant thus consists of an expanded, dichotomously branching umbel-like inflorescence, with the floral bracts appearing as normal leaves, cyathia solitary or up to 5 together in congested leafy cymes, 4 involucral glands with petal-like appendages or entire and conical seeds without a caruncle.
Several other ''Euphorbia'' spp. belonging to section ''Chamaesyce'' are medicinally used. === ''Euphorbia inaequilatera'' ===''[[Euphorbia inaequilatera]]'' Sond. occurs from Mauritania and Senegal east to Eritrea and Somalia and south to South Africa. It also occurs in the Arabian Peninsula and Pakistan. In DR Congo the pounded plant is applied to wounds and burns. In Rwanda an extract of the plant is used as eye bath to treat eye infections. In East Africa plant powder is applied to wounds. The aerial parts are chewed to treat gonorrhoea. In Namibia leaf sap is applied to wounds. Tea from the leaves is drunk as a blood purifier. Leaf pulp is applied to skin rashes. A leaf and root infusion is drunk to accelerate birth giving. Powdered dried plants are eaten as a cardiac medicine. The roots are used as a fish poison. The plant is browsed by camels, goats and sheep.
== Growth and development ==
== Author(s) ==
* D.M. Mosango , c/o Laboratory of Natural Sciences, Lycée Français Jean Monnet de Bruxelles (LFB), Avenue du Lycée Français 9, 1180 Brussels, Belgium
== Correct citation of this article ==
Mosango, D.M., 2008. '''Euphorbia prostrata''' Aiton. [Internet] Record from PROTA4U. In: Schmelzer, G.H. & Gurib-Fakim, A. (Editors). PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa / Ressources végétales de l’Afrique tropicale), Wageningen, Netherlands. <http://www.prota4u.org/search.asp>. Accessed {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}.
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