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Annual herb, up to 60 cm tall.
Euphorbia indica Lam.
Common Name : None
Family : Euphorbiaceae
Decumbent-ascending, suberect or erect,
sparingly puberulous or pubescent.
Elliptic-oblong, 1-3 x 0.5-1.5 cm, obtuse,
obliquely rounded at the base, serrulate
except at the base on the inner margin,
subtriplinerved, green above, paler beneath.
Cyathia aggregated together into loose
clusters, terminating short axillary shoots;
cyathial glands purplish, with white or pale
pink orbicular petaloid appendages.
Trigonous, 1.5 x 2 mm, smooth, sparingly
pubescent or glabrous.
1 x 0.8 mm, ovoid, roundly-quadrangular,
shallowly rugulose to almost smooth, grey,
ecarunculate.
Weed ID Manual 153