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Tirucalia enterophora (Drake) P.V.Heath
Calyx 5: 89 1996
Family: EUPHORBIACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Euphorbia enterophora Drake
Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 5: 307 1899

Tirucalia enterophora (Euphorbia enterophora) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
The branches or joints (a.k.a. platyclades or phylloclades) appear as flattened leaf-like growths and are compressed, ribbonlike, spineless, erect, slightly waxy and rounded at the apex, 5-22 cm long, 1-2 cm wide.

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Euphorbia enterophora Drake
Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 5: 307 1899
Synonymy: 4 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Euphorbia enterophora subs. crassa Cremers
Adansonia sér. 2, 17(3): 348. 1978

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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Milk-bush

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Euphorbia enterophora group

  • Euphorbia enterophora Drake: is a tree up to 10 m tall, with lateral branches flattened, 2-angled, yellowish green, leaf-like, compressed, ribbonlike, spineless. The tips hairy whitish. Distribution: Madagascar and the Comoros.
  • Euphorbia enterophora subs. crassa Cremers: is a shrub to 4 meters tall with branches slightly thicker. Branches tips, leaves and fruit red hairy. Distribution: Tolinara. Madagascar.

19490 giuseppe2 Giuseppe Distefano
Tirucalia enterophora (Euphorbia enterophora) Photo by: Giuseppe Distefano
28432 plantemania © Plantemania
Terminal flowering stems are shorter and leaf-like often only 5 cm long. (Euphorbia enterophora) Photo by: © Plantemania

16190 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Tirucalia enterophora (Euphorbia enterophora) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
17310 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Tirucalia enterophora (Euphorbia enterophora) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

17237 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Tirucalia enterophora (Euphorbia enterophora) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
19491 giuseppe2 Giuseppe Distefano
Tirucalia enterophora (Euphorbia enterophora) Photo by: Giuseppe Distefano

16188 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Tirucalia enterophora (Euphorbia enterophora) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
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