EPPO Global Database

Euphorbia trigona(EPHTG)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: EPHTG
  • Preferred name: Euphorbia trigona
  • Authority: Haworth

Notes

Central Africa. Cultivated as an ornamental shrub  and hedging plant. Introduced in Spain, Macaronesia (Canary islands), India, Bangladesh, China, Central America, Caribbean, South America (Colombia)


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Euphorbia hermentiana Lemaire

Common names
Name Language
African milk tree English
African milk weed English
cathedral cactus English
high chaparral English
triangular spurge English
cactus candelabro Spanish
eufórbia-triangular Portuguese