Locally known as tawa-tawa in Bohol, Philippines. This is a slender-stemmed, annual hairy plant with many branches from the base to the top, spreading up to 40 cms tall, reddish or purplish in color. Leaves are opposite, elliptic-oblong to oblong-lanceolate, distichoous, 1 to 2.5 cms long, blotched with purple in the middle, toothed at the edge. Involucres [2]
Properties and other medicinally essential components
gallic acid, quercetin, triacontane, cetyl alcohol, phytosterin, phytosterolin; jambulol, melissic, palmitic, oleic, inoleic acid, alkaloids, essential oil, phenols, sterol, flavones, fatty acids. and Flavonoids: euphorbianin, eucocyanidol, camphol, quercitrin and quercitrol[2]
Medicinal Uses:
Antispasmodic [1]
Antiasthmatic[1]
Bronchiolytic[1]
Sedative[1]
Expectorant[1]
Anti-Diabetic / Lipid Effect[2]
Antibacterial[2]
Anthelmintic[2]
Anti-Malarial / Flavonol Glycosides[2]
Antioxidant[2]
Traditional uses
Fragrance[1]
Dye color[1]
References:
- Cresentbloom.com (Page 1873 of 4998) http://www.crescentbloom.com/Plants/Specimen/EU/Euphorbia%20hirta.htm
- Stuartxchange.com http://www.stuartxchange.com/GatasGatas.html
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