Arabian Peninsula
The Arabian Peninsula, (; ar, شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّة, , "Arabian Peninsula" or , , "Island of the Arabs") or Arabia, is a peninsula of Western Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plate ...
, the Indian Subcontinent, northern Australia, and to various islands in the Caribbean and in the Indian Ocean.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families /ref>
Plants in this genus are sometimes known as noseburns.
Of the more than 150 species in the genus, around 25 are mentioned as medicinal, with strong antibacterial, antifungal and antiproliferative activity.
These species are used in Siddha medicine, which is practiced by the Tamil people, and is used in curing eczema, fevers, wheezing, and diabetes.
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moved to other genera ''( Acalypha
Megistostigma
''Megistostigma'' is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1887. It is native to southern China, Assam, and Southeast Asia.
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# '' Megistostigma burmanicum'' - Assam, Myanmar, Thailand, Perlis
# ''Me ...
Microstachys
Microstachys is a genus of plants in the Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1824. It is native to tropical Africa, southern Asia, Australia, Papuasia, Mesoamerica, the West Indies, and South America.Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe ...
Pachystylidium
''Pachystylidium'' is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae. It contains only one known species, ''Pachystylidium hirsutum'', found in eastern India, Indochina, the Philippines, Sulawesi, the Lesser Sunda Islands, and Java
Java (; i ...
Platygyna
''Platygyna'' is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae, first described as a genus in 1830. It is native to Cuba and Haiti in the West Indies
The West Indies is a subregion of North America, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean ...
Plukenetia
''Plukenetia'' is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae. It is widespread in tropical regions of Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and the Americas
The Americas, which are sometimes collectively called America, are ...
Shirakiopsis
''Shirakiopsis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1999. There are six known species, 3 native to tropical Asia and 3 to tropical Africa.Tragiella
''Tragiella'' is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1919. It is native to Africa.
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# '' Tragiella anomala'' (Prain) Pax & K.Hoffm. - Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia
# '' Tragiella frieseana'' (Prain) ...
Zuckertia
''Zuckertia'' is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1858. It contains only one known species, ''Zuckertia cordata'', native to southern Mexico and Central America
Central America ( es, América Cen ...