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EUPHORBIACEAE
Chrozophora senegalensis   (L.) A. Juss. ex Spreng.
Zarma name: dore
A procumbent or ascending branched herb with short dense white hairs.
Weed of culivated land with deep sandy soils.
Uses: Medicinal (whole plant)
Notes: A related species, C. brocciana has much thicker felt-like hairs and occur in Sahara.
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1. Habit
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2. Flower and young capsule 3. Lower leaf surface (note the small yellow gland at the axil of lowermost lateral vein)
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