Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:452. 1753
Verified:
10/04/1994
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Conservation Status
- CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
Reference(s)
- Airy Shaw, A. K. 1972. The Euphorbiaceae of Siam. Kew Bull. 26:267.
- Airy Shaw, A. K. 1982. The Euphorbiaceae of Central Malesia (Celebes, Moluccas, Lesser Sunda Is.). Kew Bull. 37:20.
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- Balakrishnan, N. P. & T. Chakrabarty. The family Euphorbiaceae in India; a synopsis of its profile, taxonomy and bibliography. 2007
- CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
- Cremers, G. 1984. Les euphorbes coralliformes de Madagascar. Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 54:62-64.
- Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
- Eggli, U., ed. Illustrated handbook of succulent plants: Dicotyledons. 2002
- Eggli, U. Sukkulenten. 1994
- Erhardt, W. et al. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
- Govaerts, R. et al. World checklist and bibliography of Euphorbiaceae. 2000
- Horvath, D. Euphorbia. Wild crop relatives: genomic and breeding resources, plantation and ornamental crops. 2011 7:125-132.
- Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
- Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
- Kingsbury, J. M. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. 1964
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- McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
- McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
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- Oudejans, R. C. H. M. World catalogue of species names published in the tribe Euphorbieae (Euphorbiaceae) with their geographical distribution. 1990
- Padua, L. S. de et al., eds. 1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 12(1):271,
- Parrotta, J. A. Healing plants of peninsular India. 2001
- Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
- Reitz, R., ed. 1988. Flora ilustrada catarinense. 1965- 382-384.
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Common names
English
African milkbush – fingertree – Indian tree spurge – milkbush – milkhedge – naked-lady – penciltree – petroleum-plant – rubber euphorbia – French
euphorbe antivenerien – German
Latex-Wolfsmilch – Portuguese
almeidinha – Spanish
aveloz – consuelda – Swedish
gummieuforbia –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Uganda | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Eritrea | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Ethiopia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Sudan | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Angola | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Mozambique | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Eswatini | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Cape Province | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Transvaal | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Rwanda | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Madagascar | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola, Mozambique
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Eswatini, South Africa [Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal]
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Rwanda
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Madagascar
Cultivated
()
Naturalized
()
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | boundary/barrier/support | | Padua, L. S. de et al., eds. 1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 12(1):271, |
Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 |
Materials | latex/rubber | | Padua, L. S. de et al., eds. 1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 12(1):271, |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 |
Vertebrate poisons | fish | | Padua, L. S. de et al., eds. 1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 12(1):271, |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Kingsbury, J. M. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. 1964 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=400211.
Accessed 20 September 2024.