Radium Weed is an annual plant growing to between 5-30 cm tall. They are
commonly found small in size, growing as weeds of cultivation. Stems are
smooth, hairless. Leaves are oval-pointed, 1-3 cm long, with a smooth
margin. It has green flowers in three-rayed umbels. The glands, typical of
the spurge family, are kidney-shaped with long thin horns. In India it is
found in Jammu and Kashmir and Meghalaya.
Medicinal uses: The milky latex sap is toxic, and used as a
therapeutic agent for the removal of warts and sunspots on the skin.
Recent work also suggests that it may also be effective in treating
superficial basal cell carcinomas.
Identification credit: Gurcharan Singh
Photographed in Srinagar, Kashmir.
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