Euphorbia sieboldiana

Euphorbia sieboldiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Euphorbia
Species:
E. sieboldiana
Binomial name
Euphorbia sieboldiana
Synonyms[1]
List
  • Galarhoeus sieboldianus (C.Morren & Decne.) H.Hara
    Tithymalus sieboldianus (C.Morren & Decne.) H.Hara
    Euphorbia bodinieri H.Lév. & Vaniot
    Euphorbia erythraea Hemsl.
    Euphorbia esquirolii H.Lév. & Vaniot
    Euphorbia glaucopoda Diels
    Euphorbia guilielmi A.Gray
    Euphorbia henryi Hemsl.
    Euphorbia hippocrepica Hemsl.
    Euphorbia idzuensis Nakai ex Hurus.
    Euphorbia kangdingensis W.T.Wang
    Euphorbia kangdingensis var. puberula W.T.Wang
    Euphorbia luticola Hand.-Mazz.
    Euphorbia savaryi Kiss
    Euphorbia sieboldiana var. grandifolia (Franch. & Sav. ex Hurus.) Oudejans
    Euphorbia sieboldiana f. idzuensis Hurus.
    Euphorbia sieboldiana var. idzuensis (Hurus.) Oudejans
    Euphorbia sieboldiana var. montana Tatew.
    Euphorbia sieboldiana var. ohsumiensis (Hurus.) Hatus.
    Euphorbia sieboldiana f. peninsularis Hurus.
    Euphorbia sieboldiana var. peninsularis (Hurus.) Kitag.
    Euphorbia sieboldiana f. sylvatica Hurus.
    Euphorbia sieboldiana var. sylvatica (Hurus.) Oudejans
    Euphorbia sieboldiana f. yezoensis Hurus.
    Euphorbia szechuanica Pax & K.Hoffm.
    Euphorbia taquetii H.Lév. & Vaniot
    Euphorbia tsukamotoi Honda
    Galarhoeus hippocrepicus (Hemsl.) Hurus.
    Galarhoeus luticola (Hand.-Mazz.) Hurus.
    Galarhoeus sieboldianus f. grandifolius Franch. & Sav. ex Hurus.
    Galarhoeus sieboldianus var. idzuensis Hurus.
    Galarhoeus sieboldianus var. miyajimensis Hurus.
    Galarhoeus sieboldianus var. montanus (Tatew.) H.Hara
    Galarhoeus sieboldianus var. ohsumiensis Hurus.
    Galarhoeus sieboldianus f. peninsularis (Hurus.) Hurus.
    Galarhoeus sieboldianus var. shikokianus Hurus.
    Tithymalus erythraeus (Hemsl.) Soják
    Tithymalus henryi (Hemsl.) Soják
    Tithymalus hippocrepicus (Hemsl.) Soják
    Tithymalus szechuanicus (Pax & K.Hoffm.) Soják

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

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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Euphorbia sieboldiana C.Morren & Decne". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b c Euphorbia sieboldiana Flora of China
  5. ^ a b Ohwi, Jisaburo (1965). Flora of Japan. Washington: Smithsonian Institution. p. 594. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.43786. LCCN 65062683. OCLC 182709297.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.