Category: Euphorbia

Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. ex Klotzsch, Allg. Gartenzeitung 2: 27 1834. (Syn: Euphorbia coccinea Willd. ex Boiss. [Illegitimate]; Euphorbia diversifolia Willd. ex Boiss. [Invalid]; Euphorbia erythrophylla Bertol.; Euphorbia fastuosa Sessé & Moc.; Euphorbia lutea Alam. ex Boiss. [Illegitimate]; Euphorbia poinsettiana Buist ex Giah. [Illegitimate]; Euphorbia pulcherrima f. lutea Standl.; Pleuradenia coccinea Raf.; Poinsettia pulcherrima (Willd. ex […]

Euphorbia prostrata Aiton, Hort. Kew. 2: 139 1789. (Syn: Anisophyllum prostratum (Aiton) Haw.; Aplarina prostrata (Aiton) Raf.; Chamaesyce malaca Small; Chamaesyce prostrata (Aiton) Small; Chamaesyce villosior (Greenm.) Millsp.; Euphorbia callitrichoides Kunth; Euphorbia malaca (Small) Little; Euphorbia perforata Guss.; Euphorbia prostrata var. caudirhiza Fosberg; Euphorbia prostrata var. vestita Engelm. ex Boiss.; Euphorbia ramosa var. villosior Greenm.; Euphorbia tenella Kunth; Euphorbia trichogona Bertol.; Tithymalus prostratus (Aiton) Samp.); . Common names Prostrate spurge, prostrate sandmat, red euphorbia.  . As per efi thread: Three prostrate species are rather close. I found the following keys in Flora of India: 30 a. Plants […]

Euphorbia peplus L., Sp. Pl. 456 1753. (Syn: Anisophyllum peplis (L.) Haw.; Chamaesyce maritima Gray; Chamaesyce peplis (L.) Prokh.; Esula peplus (L.) Haw.; Euphorbia dichotoma Forssk.; Euphorbia rubescens Link; Euphorbion peplum (L.) St.-Lag.; Galarhoeus peplus (L.) Prokh.; Galarhoeus peplus (L.) Haw. ex Small; Keraselma peplus (L.) Raf.; Tithymalus auriculatus Lam.; Tithymalus peplis (L.) Scop.; Tithymalus […]

Euphorbia nana Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 329 1836. (Syn: Euphorbia panchganiensis Blatt. & McCann); images by Tapas Chakrabarty & Mayur D Nandikar   Acaulescent with inflorence before the leaves. Shoots bright red and cymes divided three times.      Flowering period: March-April Succulent, root stock cylindric. Leaves broadly or narrowly lanceolate or oblong with wavy margins. Appearing […]

Euphorbia notoptera Boiss., Prodr. 15(2): 26 1862. (syn. Chamaesyce notoptera (Boiss.) Soják); . Winged Seed Spurge; . Euphorbiaceae fortnight :: Euphorbia notoptera at Tung :: DV30 : 8 images. 3 posts by 2 authors. Euphorbia notoptera Boiss. at Tung fort on 13 OCT 12  Nothing to say. Thank you very much … for the validation. I […]

Euphorbia nivulia Buch.-Ham., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 14: 286 1825. (Syn: Euphorbia helicothele Lem.; Euphorbia neriifolia Roxb. [Illegitimate]; Euphorbia nivulia var. helicothele (Lem.) Boiss.); . Common name: Leafy Milk Hedge, Holy Milk Hedge, Dog’s Tongue • Bengali: sij • Hindi: Katathohar, Senhur, Sij, थोर Thor • Kannada: dubbakalli, dundukalli elegalli, gutagalli • Malayalam: ela-calli, ilakalli […]

Euphorbia neriifolia L., Sp. Pl. 451 1753. (Syn: Elaeophorbia neriifolia (L.) A.Chev.; Euphorbia edulis Lour.; Euphorbia ligularia Roxb. ex Buch.-Ham.; Euphorbia pentagona Blanco [Illegitimate]; Euphorbia pentagona Noronha [Illegitimate]; Tithymalus edulis (Lour.) H.Karst.); . yoo-FOR-bee-uh — named for Euphorbus, Greek physician to Juba II … Dave’s Botanary ner-ee-eye-FOH-lee-uh — oleander-leaved (also spelled nerifolia) … Dave’s Botanary […]

Euphorbia milii Des Moul., Bull. Hist. Nat. Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 1: 27 1826. (Syn: Euphorbia bojeri Kl.; Euphorbia bojeri var. mucronulata Ram. Goyena; Euphorbia breonii Nois. [Illegitimate]); . Crown-of-thorns, Christ Plant, christ’s thorn, Kiss me not; . The plant tolerates drying out for almost a month, this promotes flowering. Cultivars varying in plant size and […]

Euphorbia leucocephala Lotsy, Bot. Gaz. 20: 350 1895.; . Common names: Pascuita, Snows of Kilimanjaro, White Small Leaf Poincettia, Snow Bush, White-laced euphorbia, Snow Flake, Poinsettia, Christ child; . Euphorbiaceae week- Euphorbia leucocephala -PKA6: Came across this shrub at “Kondwa- Pune”. Bot. name: Euphorbia leucocephala, Family: Euphorbiaceae, Common names: Snow Bush,  White Small Leaf Poincettia, […]

Euphorbia lathyris L., Sp. Pl. 457 1753. (Syn: Epurga lathyris (L.) Fourr.; Euphorbia decussata Salisb.; Euphorbia lathyris var. minor Hook. & Arn.; Euphorbia spongiosa Ledeb. ex Schrank; Euphorbion lathyrum (L.) St.-Lag.; Galarhoeus decussatus (Salisb.) Gray; Galarhoeus lathyris (L.) Haw.; Keraselma lathyris (L.) Raf.; Tithymalus cataputia Garsault [Invalid]; Tithymalus lathyris (L.) Hill);   Images by Gurcharan […]

Euphorbia lactea Haw., Syn. Pl. Succ. 127 1812. (Syn: Euphorbia lactea Roxb.); . Elkhorn, Frilled Fan, Crested Euphorbia, Candelabra Plant; . Small shrub or tree 3-4 angled, the sides white, spines in pairs on the ridges. The plant is not known to flower, often confused with and sold as E. antiquorum  . As per efi […]

Euphorbia indica Lam., Encycl. 2: 423 1788. (Syn: Anisophyllum indicum (Lam.) Schweinf.; Chamaesyce indica (Lam.) Croizat; Euphorbia androsaemoides Dennst.; Euphorbia cassioides C.Presl; Euphorbia decumbens (Forssk.) Willd.; Euphorbia granulata var. decumbens Forssk.; Euphorbia hypericifolia var. coimbatorensis Chandrab.; Euphorbia indica var. angustifolia Boiss.; Euphorbia indica var. procumbens Pax; Euphorbia ovalifolia Kostel.; Euphorbia pubera Blume; Euphorbia purpurascens Schumach. […]

Euphorbia hirta L., Sp. Pl. 454 1753. (Synonyms: Chamaesyce gemella (Lag.) Small; Chamaesyce hirta (L.) Millsp.; Chamaesyce karwinskyi (Boiss.) Millsp.; Chamaesyce rosei Millsp.; Desmonema hirta (L.) Raf.; Ditritea hirta (L.) Raf; Euphorbia bancana Miq.; Euphorbia capitata Lam.; Euphorbia chrysochaeta W.Fitzg.; Euphorbia gemella Lag.; Euphorbia globulifera Kunth; Euphorbia karwinskyi Boiss.; Euphorbia nodiflora Steud; Euphorbia obliterata Jacq.; Euphorbia […]

Euphorbia heterophylla L., Sp. Pl. 453 1753. (Syn: Agaloma angustifolia Raf.; Cyathophora ciliata Raf. ..; Euphorbia calyciflora Sessé & Moc. ….; Euphorbia geniculata Ortega; … Euphorbia heterophylla var. brasiliensis Müll.Arg. ….; Poinsettia frangulifolia (Kunth) Klotzsch & Garcke ….; Poinsettia heterophylla (L.) Klotzsch & Garcke;  Tithymalus heterophyllus (L.) Haw. ….); . Lesser Green Poinsettia, Painted Euphorbia, Desert Poinsettia, wild spurge, painted spurge, Mexican […]

Euphorbia helioscopia L., Sp. Pl. 459 1753. (Syn: Euphorbion helioscopium (L.) St.-Lag.; Galarhoeus helioscopius (L.) Haw.; Tithymalus helioscopius (L.) Hill); .  English: Sun Spurge; Hindi: Hirruseeah, mahabi; Punjab: Chatriwal, gandabuti, dudal;  . The plant is supposed to be highly poisonous. Seeds are used in cholera, juice used in rheumatism and to remove warts.  . Euphorbiaceae […]

Euphorbia fusiformis Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 62 1825. (Syn: Euphorbia acaulis Roxb.; Euphorbia humilis Royle [Illegitimate]); . As per efi thread : Cymes once dichotomous, bracts ovate-lanceolate ………….. Euphorbia fusiformis Cymes 3 times dichotomous, bracts triangular-lanceolate…..Euphorbia panchganiensis , Euphorbias: Two plants growing on high elevation lateritic plateau of Kas during burning sun in […]

Euphorbia cyathophora Murray, Comment. Soc. Regiae Sci. Gott. 7: 81 1786. (Syn: Euphorbia barbellata Engelm.; Euphorbia graminifolia Michx. [Illegitimate]; Euphorbia heterophylla var. barbellata (Engelm.) Holz.; Euphorbia pandurifolia Roth; Poinsettia barbellata (Engelm.) Small; Poinsettia cyathophora (Murray) Klotzsch & Garcke; Poinsettia edwardsii Klotzsch & Garcke; Poinsettia graminifolia (Chapm.) Millsp.; Poinsettia pinetorum Small; Tithymalus cyatophorus (Murray) Moench ..);   […]

Euphorbia concanensis Janarth. & S.R.Yadav, Rheedea 5: 148 1995. (Syn: Chamaesyce concanensis (Janarth. & S.R.Yadav) V.S.Raju); . yoo-FOR-bee-uh — named for Euphorbus, Greek physician to Juba II, King of Mauretania ¿ kohn-CAN-en-sis ? — of or from Konkan (coast of Maharashtra, India) . commonly known as: Konkan spurge • Marathi: कोकण दुधी kokan dudhi . […]

Euphorbia cashmeriana Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 329 1836. (Syn: Euphorbia cognata (Klotzsch) Boiss.; Euphorbia consanguinea Klotzsch [Illegitimate]; Euphorbia cornigera var. cognata (Klotzsch) Binojk. & N.P.Balakr.; Euphorbia edgeworthii Boiss.; Euphorbia pilosa var. cognata (Boiss.) Hook.f.; Tithymalus cognatus Klotzsch; Tithymalus edgeworthii (Boiss.) Soják); . Afghanistan to W. Himalaya as per POWO; . Euphorbia Cognata from Morni […]

Euphorbia caducifolia Haines, Indian Forester 40: 154 1914.; . Common name: Leafless Milk Hedge • Hindi: थोर Thor, डंडा थोर Danda-thor • Telugu: Katte jemudu . Shrub without trunk with branches arising from base, smaller leaves (3-8 cm long) and longer spines 0.5-1 cm..…E caducifolia Tree with distinct trunk, leaves 10-25 cm long, spines shorter […]