Family:
Euphorbiaceae Juss.
Genus:
Euphorbia L.

Euphorbia tirucalli L.

This species is accepted, and its native range is Ethiopia to S. Africa and India. It is used as animal food, a poison, a medicine and invertebrate food, has environmental uses and social uses and for fuel and food.

[FTEA]

Euphorbiaceae, A. R.-Smith. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1987

Morphology General Habit
Densely branched often apparently dioecious shrubs to 4 m. or trees to 12 (–15) m. high, with brittle succulent branchlets ± 7 mm. thick often produced in whorls, green and longitudinally finely striated, with white to yellowish latex.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves few, fleshy, linear-lanceolate, to 15 × 2 mm., present only at the tips of young branchlets and very quickly deciduous; extreme tips of young leafy branchlets sparsely tomentose, with curled brown hairs, soon glabrescent; glandular stipules minute, dark brown.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Cymes 2–6 congested at the apices of the branchlets, forking 2–4 times, with rays less than 1 mm. long producing a dense cluster of cyathia developing only ♂ flowers, or occasionally a few ♀ flowers also present, or cyathia fewer and only ♀ flowers developing, the whole cyme ± glabrous or tomentose, with curled brown hairs, especially the involucres and lobes; bracts rounded, ± 2 × 1.5 mm., ± sharply keeled, usually glabrous except on the margin.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Cyathia
Cyathia subsessile, ± 3 × 4 mm., with cup-shaped involucres; glands 5, subglobose to transversely elliptic, 0.5 mm. in diameter to 1.5 × 2 mm., bright yellow; lobes triangular, ± 0.5 mm. long.
sex Male
Male involucres:bracteoles linear with plumose apices; stamens 4.5 mm. long; an aborted ♀ flower is occasionally present.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Female involucres:bracteoles present and occasionally a few ♂ flowers; ♀ perianth distinctly 3-lobed below the tomentose ovary, with lobes 0.5 mm. long; styles 2 mm. long, joined at the base, with thickened deeply bifid recurved apices. Male involucres:bracteoles linear with plumose apices; stamens 4.5 mm. long; an aborted ♀ flower is occasionally present.
sex Female
Female involucres:bracteoles present and occasionally a few ♂ flowers; ♀ perianth distinctly 3-lobed below the tomentose ovary, with lobes 0.5 mm. long; styles 2 mm. long, joined at the base, with thickened deeply bifid recurved apices.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Capsule glabrescent, exserted on a tomentose pedicel to 1 cm. long, subglobose, ± 8 × 8.5 mm.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds ovoid, 3.5 × 2.8 mm., smooth, buff speckled with brown and with a dark brown ventral line; caruncle 1 mm. across.
Figures
Fig. 89/1, 2, p. 472.
Habitat
In grassland and thin woodland, and often naturalised around habitation; 0–2000 m.
Distribution
K1 K2 K3 K4 K5 K6 K7 T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6 T7 widespread throughout tropical Africa, also in the Arabian peninsula, Madagascar, and India to the Far East

[FZ]

Euphorbiaceae, S. Carter & L.C. Leach. Flora Zambesiaca 9:5. 2001

Morphology General Habit
Spineless succulent densely branched often apparently dioecious shrubs to 4 m or trees to 7 m high, with a copious irritant white to yellowish latex.
Morphology Branches
Branchlets brittle terete succulent, c. 7 mm thick, often produced in whorls, green with longitudinal fine striations and very small leaf scars, the extreme tips of young leafy branchlets sparsely tomentose with curled brown hairs.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves few, present only at the tips of young branchlets and quickly deciduous, subsessile; stipules glandular, minute, dark brown; lamina fleshy to 15 × 2 mm, linear-lanceolate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Cymes congested, 2–6 at the branchlet apices, each forking 2–4 times, with rays less than 1 mm long, producing a dense cluster of cyathia developing only male flowers, or occasionally a few female flowers also present, or cyathia fewer and only female flowers developing, the whole cyme ± glabrous, or tomentose with curled brown hairs especially on the involucres and lobes; bracts c. 2 × 1.5 mm, rounded, ± sharply keeled, usually glabrous except on the margin.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Cyathia
Cyathia subsessile, c. 3 × 4 mm, with cup-shaped involucres; glands 5, 0.5 mm in diameter subcircular to 1.5 × 2 mm transversely elliptic, bright yellow; lobes c. 0.5 mm long, triangular.
sex Male
Male involucres: bracteoles linear with plumose apices; stamens 4.5 mm long; an aborted female flower is occasionally present.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Female involucres: bracteoles present and occasionally also a few male flowers; female perianth distinctly 3-lobed below the tomentose ovary, with lobes 0.5 mm long; styles 2 mm long, joined at the base, with thickened deeply bifid recurved apices. Male involucres: bracteoles linear with plumose apices; stamens 4.5 mm long; an aborted female flower is occasionally present.
sex Female
Female involucres: bracteoles present and occasionally also a few male flowers; female perianth distinctly 3-lobed below the tomentose ovary, with lobes 0.5 mm long; styles 2 mm long, joined at the base, with thickened deeply bifid recurved apices.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Capsule glabrescent, c. 8 × 8.5 mm, subglobose, exserted on a tomentose pedicel to 10 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds 3.5 × 2.8 mm, ovoid, smooth, buff speckled with brown and with a dark brown ventral line; caruncle 1 mm across.

[CPLC]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Cultivada en Colombia; Alt. 100 - 670 m.; Andes, Islas Caribeñas, Llanura del Caribe.
Morphology General Habit
Arbusto

[FSOM]

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Morphology General Habit
Densely branched shrub to 4 m high, or bushy tree to 8 m high; branches green, succulent, brittle, longitudinally striated, often produced in whorls
Morphology Leaves
Leaves linear-lanceolate, 1–1.5 x 0.2 cm, quickly deciduous; extreme tips of young leafy branchlets tomentose, with curled brown hairs; glandular stipules minute, dark brown
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Cymes densely clustered 2–6 at the branch apices, forking 2–4 times with rays less than 1 mm long and cyathia developing only male flowers, or occasionally a few female flowers also present, or cyathia fewer and only female flowers developing, the whole cyme tomentose with curled brown hairs; bracts rounded, 2 x 1.5 mm, glabrous except on the margin
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Involucre
Cyathia subsessile, 4 mm in diam.; glands 5, 0.5–2 mm broad, bright yellow
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
Ovary tomentose, with a 3-lobed perianth, lobes 0.5 mm long; styles 2 mm long, joined at the base, with thickened deeply bifid recurved apices
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Capsule exserted on a pedicel 1 cm long, subglobose, 8 x 8.5 mm, glabrescent
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds ovoid, 3.5 x 2.8 mm, smooth, buff, speckled, with a dark brown ventral line; caruncle 1 mm wide.
Distribution
Native of east and southern tropical Africa, sometimes naturalized in N1, S1 and S2
Ecology
Apparently wild and forming thickets in gullies; 200–1310 m.
Vernacular
Dano (Somali)

[UNAL]

Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/

Vernacular
cactus, quebradura

[UPFC]
Distribution
Biogeografic region: Andean, Caribbean. Elevation range: 100–670 m a.s.l. Cultivated in Colombia. Colombian departments: Magdalena, San Andrés y Providencia, Santander, Tolima.
Habit
Shrub.
Conservation
IUCN Red List Assessment (2021): LC.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, artificial - terrestrial.

[FSOM]
Use
Cultivated, widely used throughout the tropics as a hedge-plant.

[UPFC]
Use Animal Food
Used as animal food.
Use Environmental
Environmental uses.
Use Fuel
Used for fuels.
Use Food
Used for food.
Use Invertebrate Food
Used as invertebrate food.
Use Materials
Used as material.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
Use Poisons
Poisons.
Use Social
Social uses.

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Comoros, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Rwanda, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Cape Verde, Cayman Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Dominican Republic, Eritrea, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Jawa, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Line Is., Malaya, Marianas, Mexico Central, Myanmar, Puerto Rico, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Australia, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Wake I.

Euphorbia tirucalli L. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2003 Baron, R. [6950], Madagascar K000185113 No
Jan 1, 2003 Baron, R. [6995], Madagascar K000185112 No
Jan 1, 2003 Baron, R. [6750], Madagascar K000185114 No
Apr 1, 1971 Leach, L.C. [14129B], South Africa K000317981 Yes
Apr 1, 1971 Leach, L.C. [14463], Zimbabwe K000317983 Yes
Apr 1, 1971 Leach, L.C. [14463], Zimbabwe K000317982 No
Oct 1, 1959 Welwitsch [630], Angola K000253092 Yes
Oct 1, 1959 Gossweiler [474], Angola K000253093 syntype Yes
Oct 1, 1959 Rattray [s.n.], Angola K000253094 syntype Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [E14], Kenya 16754.000 No
Eyles, F., Zimbabwe 16755.000 No
Lighthouse Keeper, Mozambique 16757.000 No
Faulkner, H. [3014], Tanzania 25792.000 No
Faulkner, H. [3088], Tanzania 25827.000 No
Greenway, P.J. [6655], Tanzania 2606.000 No
Drummond, R.B. [3330], Tanzania 2607.000 No
Tweedie [2101], Kenya 2608.000 No
Andrews, F.W. [Bally 12393], Sudan 2609.000 No
Gossweiler, J. [474], Angola 2610.000 No
Ash [459], Ethiopia 26332.030 No
Archbold, M.E. [880], Tanzania 33210.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [7289], Tanzania 4141.000 No
Drummond, R.B. [3365], Tanzania 4144.000 No
Faulkner, H. [1548], Tanzania 5231.000 No
Wild, H. [4712], Zimbabwe 5232.000 No
[L.Muriel] [L 67] K000252854 Yes
Busse, W. [250], Tanzania K000252988 Yes
Speke, Tanzania K000252989 Yes
Scott, L. [s.n.], Malawi K000253091 syntype Yes
Phillipson, P.B. [2310], Madagascar K000185124 No
Leach, L.C. [11885], Mozambique K000317984 No
Phillipson, P.B. [2480], Madagascar K000185125 No
Kirk, J. [s.n.], Mozambique K000253090 syntype Yes
Phillipson, P.B. [2388], Madagascar K000185126 No

First published in Sp. Pl.: 452 (1753)

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