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REVIEW ARTICLE ON EUPHORBIA HIRTA

*Mohammad Ubaid, Shubham Sharma, Deepak Singh Chaudhury and Naina Saxena

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1.1 Euphorbia Hirta Synonyms and Taxonomy Euphorbia hirta(E. hirta) L. belongs to the family Euphorbiaceae. It is a small annual herb common to tropical countries. It is usually erect, slender-stemmed; spreading up to 80 cm tall, though sometimes it can be seen lying down. The plant is an annual broad-leaved herb that has a hairy stem with many branches from the base to the top. The leaves are opposite, elliptical, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, with a faintly toothed margin and darker on the upper surface. The flowers are small, numerous and crowded together in dense cymes (dense clusters in upper axils) about 1 cm in diameter. The stem and leaves produce a white or milky juice when cut. It is frequently seen occupying open waste spaces, banks of watercourses, grasslands, road sides, and pathways(Rajesh et al., 2010 and Anonymous 2008).

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