Chamaesyce prostrata (Ait.) Small

English: Prostate Euphorbia

German: Hingestreckte Wolfsmilch

Kingdom: Plantae (2603)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2500)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2115)

      Order: Malpighiales (98)

        Family: Euphorbiaceae (77)(family description)

          Genus: Chamaesyce (4)

            Epithet: prostrata (Ait.) Small (3)

Synonym: Euphorbia prostrata Ait.

prostrata => lying flat on the ground

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Check for Chamaesyce prostrata at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [216] Chamaesyce prostrata - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)

• [12] Dokosi, O.B. (1998): Herbs of Ghana. Ghana University Press, Accra, Ghana.