The Useful Plants of the Island of Guam; With An Introductory Account of the Physical Features And Natural History of the Island, of the Character And History of Its People, And of Their Agriculture
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1860. Eupborbia hirta. Asthma herb. Local names. — Golondrina (Guam); Batabotonis (Philippines). An annual hispid weed with acute leaves, minute flowers, and small round fruit. Stem 15 to 30 cm. high, decumbent, ascending or erect, cylindrical, rather stout, with more or less copious spreading, crisped, bristly hair; leaves opposite, 18 to 37 mm. long, on very short petioles, lanceolate-oblong, very unequal-sided, acute or subacute, serrate, sparingly hairy on both surfaces, pale glaucous, some...times pinkish, with promi- nent veins beneath; stipules pectinate, soon falling; flower heads minute, numerous, shortly stalked, crowded in small rounded pedunculate axillary cymes; involucre very small, glands obscure or absent; capsule minute, adpressed-hairy, the lobes keeled; seeds ovoid-trigonous, transversely wrinkled, bright light brown. Common in cultivated ground and in waste places. Flowers greenish, blooming constantly. A plant widely spread in the Tropics. It has been used as a remedy for bronchitis and asthma, and in Australia it is known as " Queensland asthma herb." Eefeeences: Euphorbia hirla L.
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