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58. Euphorbiaceae.—Spurge Family.

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Botanical name: 
Euphorbiaceae

Herbs, shrubs, or trees, usually with an acrid, milky juice, which in some cases yields rubber. A volatile oil is found in the bark of a few species, and a fatty oil is found abundantly in the seeds of other plants, as tiglium and ricinus.


A Manual of Organic Materia Medica and Pharmacognosy, 1917, was written by Lucius E. Sayre, B.S. Ph. M.

  • 304. Stillingia.
  • 305. Euphorbia.
  • 308. Mercurialis Annua.—Mercury weed.
  • 309. Elastica.—India-rubber.
  • 310. Lacca.—Lac. Gum-lac.
  • 311. Cascarilla, N.F.—Cascarilla Bark.
  • 312. Ricinus.—Castor-seed Oil.
  • 313. Tiglium.—Croton seed.
  • 314. Curcas.—Purging Nuts.
  • 315. Kamala.—Rottlera.

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