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Euphorbia lactea Roxb.
Fl. Ind. (Roxburgh) 2: 468. 1832 nom. illeg. later homonym non Haw. (1812)
Family: EUPHORBIACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Euphorbia lactea Haw.
Syn. Pl. Succ. 127 (-128). 1812

Euphorbia lactea (Euphorbia lactea) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
This is a shiny-surfaced, many branched, 3-sided, succulent markedly banded with very ornamental whitish and green marbled marking.

Synonyms:

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Euphorbia lactea Haw.
Syn. Pl. Succ. 127 (-128). 1812
Synonymy: 2 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Euphorbia lactea f. cristata variegata (coloured clones)

Accepted name in llifle Database:
Euphorbia lactea f. cristata

Cultivars (2):
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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Mottled candle stick tree, Milk striped euphorbia, Mottled candlestick, Milkstripe euphorbia, Frilled fan, Elkhorn, African milk plant, False cactus, Hat-rack-cactus, Candle-stick tree, Caper Spurge, Cactus Candelabre, Candelabra Cactus, Candelabra spurge, Dragon bones, Dragoon bones tree, Mottled spurge, Hatrack cactus
DANISH (Dansk): Coral Cactus
FRENCH (Français): Euphorbe lactée
MALAY (بهاس ملاي /Bahasa Melayu ): Pokok sesudu
RUSSIAN (Русский): Молочай молочный
SPANISH (Español): Candelero, Escambrón, Moteado, Lechero de lindero, Cardon
SWEDISH (Svenska): Marmoreuforbia

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



21129 star Forest Starr & Kim Starr
Habit view ocean at Honolua, Maui, Hawaii (USA). July 14, 2009. (Euphorbia lactea) Photo by: Forest Starr & Kim Starr
7870 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Euphorbia lactea (Euphorbia lactea) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

7873 cactus-art Cactus Art
Euphorbia lactea (Euphorbia lactea) Photo by: Cactus Art
21130 star Forest Starr & Kim Starr
Habit view ocean at Honolua, Maui, Hawaii (USA). July 14, 2009. (Euphorbia lactea) Photo by: Forest Starr & Kim Starr

21128 star Forest Starr & Kim Starr
Habit at Sacred Garden of Maliko, Maui, (USA). January 24, 2011. (Euphorbia lactea) Photo by: Forest Starr & Kim Starr
7869 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Euphorbia lactea (Euphorbia lactea) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

7872 cactus-art Cactus Art
Euphorbia lactea (Euphorbia lactea) Photo by: Cactus Art
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