Euphorbiaceae
Medusa’s head
Euphorbia caput-medusae
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Euphorbia
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Common names
By language (3)
- Afrikaans
- Hondebossie, Vingerpol
- Chinese
- 枝腺大戟, 天荒龙, 孔雀球, 小结麒麟, 松毛虫大戟
- English
- Medusa’s head
Synonyms
- Dactylanthes tuberculata (Jacq.) Haw.
- Euphorbia bolusii N.E.Br.
- Euphorbia caput-medusae var. geminata Aiton
- Euphorbia caput-medusae var. major Aiton
- Euphorbia caput-medusae var. minor Aiton
- Euphorbia commelinii DC.
- Euphorbia confluens Nel
- Euphorbia fructus-pini var. geminata Sweet
- Euphorbia fructuspini Mill.
- Euphorbia geminata (Ait.) Marloth ex A.C.White, R.A.Dyer & B.Sloane
- Euphorbia macowanii N.E.Br.
- Euphorbia marlothiana N.E.Br.
- Euphorbia marlothii sensu N.E.Br.non Pax
- Euphorbia medusae Thunb.
- Euphorbia medusae Panz.
- Euphorbia muirii N.E.Br.
- Euphorbia parvimamma Boiss.
- Euphorbia ramiglans N.E.Br.
- Euphorbia ramiglans var. confluens (Nel) van Veldh.
- Euphorbia tessellata (Haw.) Steud.
- Euphorbia tuberculata Jacq.
- Euphorbia tuberculata var. macowanii (N.E.Br.) A.C.White, R.A.Dyer & B.Sloane
- Euphorbia tuberculatoides N.E.Br.
- Medusea fructus-pini Haw.
- Medusea major Haw.
- Medusea tessellata Haw.
- Medusea tuberculata Klotzsch & Garcke
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Photo: Leonora Enking from West Sussex, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Leonora Enking from West Sussex, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.