ped11anthus

[Gr. pedilon =a sandal, and anthos a flower. So called because the involucres resemble a slipper.] Bot.: A genus of Euphorbiace. A decoction of Pedilanthus tithymaloides and P. padifolius (the Jewbush) is given in India in syphilis and amenor nally from America. rhea. The root is emetic. The species were origi