Nama (Malay Name) | Ara Tanah |
Keluarga (Family) | EUPHORBIACEAE |
Nama Saintifik (Scientific Name) | Euphorbia hirta |
Saiz Biasa (Size) | 1 cm |
Nama Lain (Other Names) | Hairy Spurge |
Jurufoto (Photographer) | CS Ooi |
Photo: CS Ooi Pokok dan bunga Ara Tanah (Plant and flowers of the Hairy Spurge) |
A herbacious weed. It belongs to the same family as the fig, tapioca and the rubber tree. The plant is small and can attain a height of 30 cm. Commonly found as a weed in flower pots, by the side of garden and vegetable beds, under fruit trees and by the side of lanes. Like all plants of this family, it also has a white sap.
Longmans; London. - mukasurat (page) 49
2. Malayan Wild Flowers - Dicotyledon; M.R. Henderson; (1954);
Caxton Press Ltd.; Malaya. - mukasurat (page) 462
Inquiries
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Ooi Chooi Seng P.P.N.,
259 Jalan 17/8,
46400 Petaling Jaya
January 2002