Family: Euphorbiaceae
Synonym: Pedilanthus tithymaloides (L.) Poit.
Vernacular
name: Kannadikalli (Tamil)
Habit:
Shrub
Habitat:
including dry thickets, coastal savanna, wasteland, hillsides and along
roadsides
Distribution:
Tropics
Flowering
& Fruiting: April-August
Key identification features:
Devil's Backbone is a common succulent in house gardens. The fleshy tubular
stems are thin pencil like, grow zig zag and produce thick, dark-green or
variegated, fleshy, cordate leaves. To some, the flower bracts resemble a
slipper, hence one of its names. Devil's Backbone has bright white and pink
coloured flowers.
Uses:
Anti-inflammatory,
antibiotic, antiseptic, antihemorrhagic, antiviral, antitumoral, and abortive
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