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Euphorbia milii
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Family:
EUPHORBIACEAE
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Citation: Euphorbia milii Desmoul, Bull. Hist. Nat. Soc. Linn. Bordeaux. 1: 27. 1826; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 256. 1982; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 275. 2007; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 653. 2009.
Euphorbia splendens Boj. ex Hook. in Bot. Mag. 56, t. 2902. 1829; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1278(894). 1925.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Crown of Thorns
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Description:
Armed, sprawling shrubs; branches ridged, with straight, paired spines to 3 cm. Leaves alternate, obovate-oblong, to 7 x 2.5 cm, glabrous, base attenuate, apex apiculate. Cyathia globose, 5 x 3 mm, subtended by 2 orbicular-apiculate, reddish, basally connate, petaloid bracts 1.5 cm wide, borne on dichotomously branched peduncles in the axils of uppermost leaves; involucre 3 mm, with 5 rounded glands along the margin, alternating with 5 reddish laciniate scales. Staminate: Many, each consisting of a pair of anthers terminal on a short filament. Pistillate: Ovary 3-lobed, 3-celled, with 1 ovule on axile placentae; styles 3, basally connate; stigma 2-fid.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
Throughout the year
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as ornamental plant
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Distribution:
Native of Madagascar, introduced elsewhere
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Rose, Yellow, Creamy, Red
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
Yes
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
200-1500
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Localities:
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