| Family |
Euphorbiaceae |
| Scientific name |
Euphorbia peplus L. |
| Synonyms |
Euphorbia calabrica Huter, Porta & Rigo; Euphorbia peploides Gouan;
Euphorbia peplus L. subsp. peploides (Gouan) Rouy; Euphorbia pusillima
Post; Galarhoeus peplus (L.) Rydberg; Tithymalus rotundifolius Gilibert;
Tithymalus peplus (L.) Hill; Tithymalus peplus (L.) P. Gaertner |
| Common name |
(Japanese common name) chabo taigeki [tiny chicken euphorbia] |
| (English common name) petty spurge |
| Distribution |
(Japan) Honshu (west of Kanto region), Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) [native] western Asia, Caucasus, Europa, north Africa |
| Chromosomal number |
2n=16 |
| Description |
Leaves 0.8-1.6cm length, 6-10mm width. Annual plants. |
| Reference |
Euphorbia peplus L. |
| Euphorbia peplus L. |
| Vegetation control with monourea sulfuric acid (US Patent 5055127/1991) |
| Herbicide and method with the glyphosate-urea adduct of sulfuric acid (US Patent 5116401/1992) |
| Plant control composition and methods of use (US Patent 5221659/1993) |
| Systemic herbicides and methods of use (US Patent 5288692/1994) |
| Phytopathogenic geminivirus resistant transgenic plants and seeds and methods for obtaining same by introduction of mutated C1 gene (US Patent 6133505/2000) |
| Herbicidal fatty acid and maleic hydrazide salt compositions (US Patent 6486097/2002) |
| Anti-cancer compounds (US Patent 6432452/2002) |
| Anti-cancer compounds (US Patent 6787161/2004) |
| Polycosanols from ericerus pela wax (US Patent 6822004/2004) |
| Methods of stimulating the immune system (US Patent 6844013/2005) |
| Polycosanols from Ericerus pela wax (US Patent 7034060/2006) |
| Herbicide microemulsion-forming-concentrates, microemulsions, and methods (US Patent 7094735/2006) |
| Genetic hypermutability of plants for gene discovery and diagnosis (US Patent 20030143586) |
| Note |
Naturalized plants (first repoted by Thunberg at Nagasaki in 1784). |
