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    Sabar Kand / सांबारकंद / Sabar /

    Local Name: Sabar Kand / सांबारकंद

    Common Name: Sabar

    Botanical Name: Euphorbia nerifolia L.

    Status & Habitat

    • Habitat: Shrub

    • Occurrence: Sandy or rocky soils, along roadsides, in wastelands, and in coastal areas

    • Season of Availability: Year-round

    • Geography: South Asia

    • Method of Propagation: Vegetative propagation

    • Part used for Propagation: Stem cuttings

    Edible Parts

    • Edible Parts: Stem

    • Can be Eaten Raw: No

    Method of Consumption

    • Raw: No

    • Ripe: N/A

    • Both Raw & Ripe: N/A

    • Dangerous Form to Consume: Raw plant

    • As Food: N/A

    • As Medicine: Whole plant juice is drunk to help with fever, ulcer, and anemia; leaf juice helps reduce earache, arthritis and skin wart; latex juice can also be drunk.

    • Cooking Without Prior Boiling: Yes

    • Boiling Before Cooking: N/A

    • Pickling: N/A

    • Brining: N/A

    • Fermenting: N/A

    • Drying for later Consumption: N/A

    • Overall Method: Parts of the plant are usually juiced and then drunk for its medicinal properties.

    Nutritional & Medicinal Benefits

    • Nutritional Benefit: Rich in carbohydrates and phosphates.

    • Medicinal Benefit: Spleen and Liver ailments, Expectorant, blisters and warts, helps reduce earaches and Arthritis aches

    Tribal Wisdom

    • Tribal Wisdom: Used in ayurvedic medicine to treat disorders of the spleen and liver; therapy of weight loss and anemia; treatment of blisters and burns.

    Recipes

    • Tribal Recipe: Treating cracks in foot soles: boil latex with castor oil, along with salt, and apply to cracks.