Plant

Pill-bearing spurge

Euphorbia hirta

हिन्दी: बड़ी दुधी

Pill-bearing spurge (Euphorbia hirta) photographed by Devendra Bhardwaj — Image: Devendra Bhardwaj · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0 · Vaishali Nagar, Jaipur, Rajasthan · Resized

Scientific name: Euphorbia hirta
Hindi name: बड़ी दुधी
Family: Euphorbiaceae, order Malpighiales
Group: Plant

A low, hairy roadside herb.

Spot it Hairy reddish stems and tiny flower clusters.
Home Waste ground and roadsides.
Food web Tiny flowers feed small insects.
Why it matters Covers bare soil and feeds tiny pollinators.

Read more: Euphorbia hirta on Wikipedia

Sources and credits

Records and field notes

RajasthanDevendra Bhardwaj has 3 verified records of this species on iNaturalist, between 2021 and 2026, in Jaipur.^[20]

Sources

Devendra Bhardwaj. iNaturalist observations and notes, with place and date (inaturalist.org/people/devendrabhardwaj) (field record). The observer's own dated records and notes, with places. Statements in his notes are his own and were not independently checked by KJVF.
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
Wikidata (Hindi labels for species) (database). Open data, used for Hindi common names.
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (opening lines of each species article, CC BY-SA 4.0). The link on each entry goes to the article (reference). Not peer reviewed. Only the opening description is used, and statements about origin or medicinal use are left out.
Short introductions and key points written with AI help (Google Gemini and Claude) and checked against GBIF where possible (reference). AI-assisted text for general readers. Please check important details before relying on them.

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