Kingdom: Plantae
Divisi: Magnoliphyta
Classis: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malphigiales
Family: Euphobiaceae
Genus: Euphorbiaceae
Species: Euphorbiaceae barnhantii Croizat..
A hairy, annual herb with
spreading or ascending branches can reach up to 50 cm high. First leaves simple, opposite and
sub-sessile, elliptic, with asymmetric lamina in the base, and
finely toothed margin. Erected plant but generally bent back in the
extremity, usually branched from the base, with branches ascending or spreading
from 10cm and up to 40cm, reddish or purplish according to the period of
sunshine. Leaves are opposite, narrowly ovate in
shape, 1-3 cm long and 1-1.5 cm wide, asymmetrical, acute at
the apex, rather finely toothed and hairy on the surface. Flowers small unisexual, staminate and pistillate,
greenish, assembled in the same involucre which is cup-shaped,
four-toothed at the top, the teeth alterning with minute glands. Capsule globose, dehiscent,
three-angled with three locules containing each a seed, covered with very
short hairs; measuring 1,5 mm in diameter.
Benefit: Capsule globose, dehiscent,
three-angled with three locules containing each a seed, covered with very
short hairs; measuring 1,5 mm in diameter.
Location: FIP Building
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