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Euphorbia antiquorum, known as antique spurge and "Euphorbia of the Ancients", is a species of succulent plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. It is widespread throughout peninsular India, but its wild origin is obscure. Escaped or naturalized and widely cultivated in neighbouring regions, such as Burma, China, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Thailand, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam, and in many tropical zones worldwide.[2]

Euphorbia antiquorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Euphorbia
Species:
E. antiquorum
Binomial name
Euphorbia antiquorum
Synonyms[1]
  • Euphorbia arborescens Roxb.
  • Euphorbia mayuranathanii Croizat
  • Tithymalus antiquorus (L.) Moench

The juice of this plant is a potent ingredient for a mixture of wall plaster, according to the Samarāṅgaṇa Sūtradhāra, which is a Sanskrit treatise dealing with Śilpaśāstra (Hindu science of art and construction).[3]

This species is the type species of the genus Euphorbia.


See also



References


  1. Euphorbia antiquorum L. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science. (n.d.). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved May 3, 2022, from https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:345613–1
  2. "Euphorbia antiquorum". www.llifle.com. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
  3. Nardi, Isabella (2007). The Theory of Citrasutras in Indian Painting. Routledge. p. 121. ISBN 978-1134165230.




На других языках


- [en] Euphorbia antiquorum

[es] Euphorbia antiquorum

El euforbio malayo, daluke o sesudu[2] (Euphorbia antiquorum) es un arbusto de la familia de las euforbiáceas que crece en las zonas cálidas del sur de Asia y Sri Lanka.[2]



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