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Genus: Euphorbia Life
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Eurosid I > Order: Malpighiales> Family: Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbia milii
(Crown of Thorns)
Grown as a small thorny hedge in gardens and originates from Madagascar. |
Euphorbia peplus
(Petty Spurge)
Growing on roadside in Cape Town. |
Euphorbia inaequilatera (Smooth
Creeping Milkweed)
Growing between road and verge at Brenton-On-Sea (Western
Cape, South Africa). |
Euphorbia
mauritanica
In West Coast Strandveld at Langebaan (Western Cape,
South Africa). |
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Euphorbia sp.
Near Willowmore (Western Cape, South Africa). |
Euphorbia sp.
Thursford Farm, 22 km NW of Grahamstown (Eastern Cape, South
Africa). |
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- Euphorbia inaequilatera (Smooth
Creeping Milkweed). Regarded as a weed but evidently indigenous in South
Africa.
- Euphorbia
mauritanica (Beesmelkbos,
Geelmelkbos)
- Euphorbia milii (Crown
of Thorns).
- Euphorbia peplus (Petty Spurge). Weed.
- Euphorbia pulcherrima
(Poinsettia)
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