Virtual Herbanium

Plant Detail

	Plant Detail Botanical Name Euphorbia tithymaloides - L. Family Euphorbiaceae Common Name Slipper flower, Devils backbone, zigzag plant Habit Shrub Synonym Pedilanthusa tithymaloides (L.) Poit. Habitat Planted Color Of Flower Red Key Characters Cyathia zygomorphic glands inside nectary.
Systematic Position Division : Dicotyledonae Class : Monochlamydae Series : Unisexuales Order :
Plant Description Erect shrub, striate with rich milky latex; leaves ovate or ovate lanceolate, acute-obtuse at apex, truncate-cuneate at base; stipules dark brown; cyathia obliquely zygomorphic, slipper shaped, in forked cymes, near the apex of leafy stems, nearly sessile, bracts shortly ciliate; involucres obliquely bilateral; terminal lobes slightly ciliate, greenish yellow at base, red above; spur red with four glands on upper side; pedicels of male and female flowers hairy.
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