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Euphorbia hirta L. Euphorbia pilosa L. Euphorbia royleana Boiss. Euphorbiaceae

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Ethnobotany of the Himalayas

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Euphorbia hirta L.: Anisophyllum piluliferum (L.) Haw.; Chamnaesyce gemnella (Lag.) Small; Chamnaesyce hirta (L.) Millsp.; Chamnaesyce hirta (L.) Small.; Chamnaesyce hirta fo. glaberrima (Koidz.) Hurus.; Chamnaesyce hirta var. glaberrima (Koidz.) H. Hara; Chamnaesyce hirta var. laeticincta Croizat; Chamnaesyce karwinskyi (Boiss.) Millsp.; Chamnaesyce microcephala (Boiss.) Croizat; Chamnaesyce pilulifera (L.) Small; Chamnaesyce pilulifera var. glaberrima (Koidz.) H. Hara; Chamnaesyce rosei Millsp.; Euphorbia bancana Miq.; Euphorbia capitata Lam.; Euphorbia chrysochaeta W. Fitzg.; Euphorbia gemella Lag.; Euphorbia globulifera Kunth; Euphorbia hirta var. destitutra L.C. Wheeler; Euphorbia hirta var. glaberrima Koidz.; Euphorbia hirta var. typica L.C. Wheeler; Euphorbia karwinskyi Boiss., Euphorbia microcephala Boiss.; Euphorbia nodiflora Steud.; Euphorbia obliterata Jacq.; Euphorbia pilulifera A. Chev.; Euphorbia pilulifera Jacq.; Euphorbia pilulifera L.; Euphorbia pilulifera var. arechaveletae Herter; Euphorbia pilulifera var. glabrescens Engelm.; Euphorbia pilulifera var. glabrescens Thell.; Euphorbia pilulifera var. hirta (L.) Thell.; Euphorbia pilulifera var. obliterata (Jacq.) Hitchc.; Euphorbia verticillata Vell.; Tithymalus pilulifer (L.) Moench; Tithymalus piluliferus (L.) Moench

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  1. Central Department of Botany, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal

    Mukti Ram Paudel & Hari Datta Bhattarai

  2. Center for Natural and Applied Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal

    Babita Paudel

  3. Cultural Geography, Department of Geosciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA

    Ripu M. Kunwar

  4. Ethnobotanical Society of Nepal (ESON), Kathmandu, Nepal

    Ripu M. Kunwar

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    Hammad Ahmad Jan

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    Rainer W. Bussmann & Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

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Paudel, M.R. et al. (2021). Euphorbia hirta L. Euphorbia pilosa L. Euphorbia royleana Boiss. Euphorbiaceae. In: Kunwar, R.M., Sher, H., Bussmann, R.W. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Himalayas. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57408-6_97

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