Euphorbia milii

Euphorbia milii

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Order:	Malpighiales
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Species:	E. milii
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Binomial name

Euphorbia milii
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Euphorbia milii (Crown-of-thorns or Christ Plant) is a species of Euphorbia native to Madagascar.

It is a succulent climbing shrub growing to 1.8 m tall, with densely spiny stems, the straight, slender spines up to 3 cm long, which help it scramble over other plants. The leaves are obovate, up to 3.5 cm long and 1.5 cm broad. The flowers are small, subtended by a pair of conspicuous petal-like bracts, variably red, pink or white, up to 12 mm broad.^[1]

Varieties

It is a variable species, and several varieties have been described; some of these are treated as distinct species by some authors.^[1]

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Euphorbia milii var.milii

Euphorbia milii var. bevilaniensis (Croizat) Ursch & Leandri 1955
Euphorbia milii var. hislopii (N.E.Br.) Ursch & Leandri 1955 (syn. E. hislopii)
Euphorbia milii var. imperatae (Leandri) Ursch & Leandri 1955
Euphorbia milii var. longifolia Rauh 1967
Euphorbia milii var. milii
Euphorbia milii var. roseana Marn.-Lap. 1962
Euphorbia milii var. splendens (Bojer ex Hook.) Ursch & Leandri 1955
Euphorbia milii var. tananarivae (Leandri) Ursch & Leandri 1955
Euphorbia milii var. tenuispina Rauh & Razaf. 1991
Euphorbia milii var. tulearensis Ursch & Leandri 1955
Euphorbia milii var. vulcanii (Leandri) Ursch & Leandri 1955