WorldFloraDB - Euphorbia neriifolia

Characteristics

Trees or shrubs, 3-5(-8) m tall, glabrous except for cyathia. Stems 6-15 cm thick, green, with 5 spiral ranks of tubercles, ascending, branching from upper parts. Leaves alternate, apically clustered, persistent, succulent; spine shields small, stipules pricklelike, 2-3 mm; petiole short, 2-4 mm; leaf blade obovate or obovate-oblong to spoon-shaped, 4.5-12 × 1.3-3.8 cm, fleshy, base attenuate, margin entire, apex obtuse, apiculate; veins inconspicuous. Cyathia in subterminal cymes, peduncle ca. 3 mm; cyathophylls membranous, caducous; involucre campanulate, ca. 4 × 5-6 mm, lobes 5, rounded; glands 5, succulent, thick and entire. Male flowers many, bracts linear. Female flowers rarely developed. Capsule and seeds not seen. Fl. Jun-Sep.

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A large succulent plant. It grows 6 m tall and spreads 1.2 m wide. It is erect and with thick stems. The stems are roughly 5 cornered and with lumps along them. The stems occur in rings. The leaves are spoon shaped. They are leathery. The leaves produced raised scars along the stem after they have fallen off. The leaves are bunched towards the ends of the branches. The flowers are in heads with yellowish-green bracts.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

shrub

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

monoecy

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

1.2

Mature height (meter)

4.0 - 5.0

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

-

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

cam

Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in dry rocky sites. It suits hardiness zones 10-12. In Yunnan.

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The plant is only known in cultivation.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity	-
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Caution: All Euphorbias or spurges have irritating sap and many have chemicals that can cause cancer. A sweetmeat is made from the leaves. They are boiled with sugar and the latex removed. The stems are used for a tonic soup.

Uses	environmental use food material medicinal poison wood
Edible	leaves stems
Therapeutic use	Fistula (bark), Asthma (flower), Analgesics (leaf), Anthrax (leaf), Anti-bacterial agents (leaf), Anticonvulsants (leaf), Antifungal agents (leaf), Anti-inflammatory agents (leaf), Antirheumatic agents (leaf), Arthralgia (leaf), Burns (leaf), Common cold (leaf), Contusions (leaf), Cough (leaf), Diuretics (leaf), Expectorants (leaf), Fever (leaf), Fractures, bone (leaf), Furunculosis (leaf), Gastritis (leaf), Gout (leaf), Immunomodulation (leaf), Influenza, human (leaf), Insecticides (leaf), Pharyngitis (leaf), Skin diseases (leaf), Vitiligo (leaf), Wounds and injuries (leaf), Visceral obstructions (plant exudate), Hair loss (plant exudate), Anthelmintics (plant exudate), Anticoagulants (plant exudate), Antifungal agents (plant exudate), Antirheumatic agents (plant exudate), Ascites (plant exudate), Asthma (plant exudate), Bites and stings (plant exudate), Blister (plant exudate), Carbuncle (plant exudate), Cathartics (plant exudate), Common cold (plant exudate), Cough (plant exudate), Dental caries (plant exudate), Dermatitis (plant exudate), Diuretics (plant exudate), Dracunculiasis (plant exudate), Earache (plant exudate), Eczema (plant exudate), Edema (plant exudate), Endophthalmitis (plant exudate), Exanthema (plant exudate), Expectorants (plant exudate), Fistula (plant exudate), Headache (plant exudate), Hemorrhoids (plant exudate), Hemostatics (plant exudate), Hepatomegaly (plant exudate), Hypertension (plant exudate), Counterirritant (plant exudate), Jaundice (plant exudate), Leprosy (plant exudate), Neoplasms (plant exudate), Otitis media (plant exudate), Scabies (plant exudate), Scorpion stings (plant exudate), Skin diseases (plant exudate), Snake bites (plant exudate), Suppuration (plant exudate), Tooth mobility (plant exudate), Toothache (plant exudate), Visceral disorders (plant exudate), Warts (plant exudate), Whooping cough (plant exudate), Wound healing (plant exudate), Wounds and injuries (plant exudate), Otorrhea (plant exudate), Deobstruent (plant exudate), Anti-infective agents, local (root), Bites and stings (root), Edema (root), Fishes, poisonous (root), Parasympatholytics (root), Scorpion stings (root), Snake bites (root), Wounds and injuries (root), Asthma (shoot), Endophthalmitis (shoot), Whitlows (stem), Abdominal pain (stem), Abscess (stem), Anesthesia (stem), Antirheumatic agents (stem), Arthralgia (stem), Burns (stem), Cathartics (stem), Diabetes mellitus (stem), Edema (stem), Expectorants (stem), Fever (stem), Fractures, bone (stem), Furunculosis (stem), Hematuria (stem), Inflammation (stem), Insecticides (stem), Intestinal diseases, parasitic (stem), Counterirritant (stem), Jaundice (stem), Leprosy (stem), Pneumonia (stem), Rabies (stem), Skin diseases (stem), Vitiligo (stem), Whooping cough (stem), Ache(Ear) (unspecified), Asthma (unspecified), Cough (unspecified), Deobstruent (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Dropsy (unspecified), Earache (unspecified), Expectorant (unspecified), Gonorrhea (unspecified), Jaundice (unspecified), Laxative (unspecified), Lip (unspecified), Liver (unspecified), Paroxysm (unspecified), Piscicide (unspecified), Poison (unspecified), Purgative (unspecified), Rubefacient (unspecified), Skin (unspecified), Sore (unspecified), Sore(Throat) (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified), Wart (unspecified), Vermifuge (unspecified), Cathartic (unspecified), Ophthalmia (unspecified), Piles (unspecified), Spasm (unspecified), Tumor(Abdomen) (unspecified), Fissure (unspecified), Abortifacient agents (unspecified), Anemia (unspecified), Anthelmintics (unspecified), Anti-inflammatory agents (unspecified), Antipyretics (unspecified), Antirheumatic agents (unspecified), Appetite stimulants (unspecified), Breast diseases (unspecified), Bronchitis (unspecified), Cathartics (unspecified), Dyspepsia (unspecified), Eczema (unspecified), Edema (unspecified), Endophthalmitis (unspecified), Exanthema (unspecified), Expectorants (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Fistula (unspecified), Flatulence (unspecified), Hemorrhoids (unspecified), Inflammation (unspecified), Counterirritant (unspecified), Laxatives (unspecified), Leprosy (unspecified), Mosquito control (unspecified), Skin diseases (unspecified), Splenomegaly (unspecified), Stomach diseases (unspecified), Ulcer (unspecified), Warts (unspecified), Wounds and injuries (unspecified), Asthma (whole plant), Earache (whole plant), Headache (whole plant), Labor pain (whole plant)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

It is grown as a hedge.

Mode	cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days)	10 - 15
Germination temperacture (C°)	21 - 26
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	soaking
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-