Euphorbiaceae
Donkey food
Euphorbia meloformis
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Euphorbia
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Common names
By language (4)
- Afrikaans
- Bobbejaankos, Eselkos, Eselpol, Pol, Skilpadkos
- Chinese
- 八棱铁角木, 法利达, 贵青玉
- English
- Donkey food
- Russian
- Молочай дыневидный
Synonyms
- Euphorbia falsa N.E.Br.
- Euphorbia infausta N.E.Br.
- Euphorbia meloformis f. falsa (N.E.Br.) Marx
- Euphorbia meloformis f. magna R.A.Dyer ex Marx
- Euphorbia meloformis subsp. meloformis
- Euphorbia meloformis subsp. valida (N.E.Br.) G.D.Rowley
- Euphorbia meloformis var. pomiformis (Thunb.) Marloth
- Euphorbia meloformis var. prolifera Frick
- Euphorbia meloniformis Lem.
- Euphorbia pomiformis Thunb.
- Euphorbia pyriformis N.E.Br.
- Euphorbia valida N.E.Br.
Photos
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: C T Johansson, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Petar43, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.