Euphorbiaceae
Baboon's noors
Euphorbia polygona
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Euphorbia
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Common names
By language (4)
- Afrikaans
- Baviaansnoors, Bobbejaannoors, Bobbejaannoorsdoring, Bulnoors, Bulnoorsdoring, Gnap, Los-my-uit noors, Regopnoors
- Chinese
- 多棱柱, 宝轮玉, 恐针麒麟, 裸麒麟, 魁伟玉
- English
- Baboon's noors
- Persian
- افوربیا یوفوربیا
Synonyms
- Euphorbia anoplia Stapf
- Euphorbia cucumerina Willd.
- Euphorbia horrida Boiss.
- Euphorbia horrida var. major A.C.White, R.A.Dyer & B.Sloane
- Euphorbia horrida var. noorsveldensis A.C.White, R.A.Dyer & B.Sloane
- Euphorbia horrida var. striata A.C.White, R.A.Dyer & B.Sloane
- Euphorbia polygona var. alba D.H.Schnabel
- Euphorbia polygona var. ambigua D.H.Schnabel
- Euphorbia polygona var. anoplia (Stapf) D.H.Schnabel
- Euphorbia polygona var. exilis D.H.Schnabel
- Euphorbia polygona var. hebdomadalis D.H.Schnabel
- Euphorbia polygona var. horrida (Boiss.) D.H.Schnabel
- Euphorbia polygona var. major (A.C.White, R.A.Dyer & B.Sloane) D.H.Schnabel
- Euphorbia polygona var. minor D.H.Schnabel
- Euphorbia polygona var. nivea D.H.Schnabel
- Euphorbia polygona var. noorsveldensis (A.C.White, R.A.Dyer & B.Sloane) D.H.Schnabel
- Euphorbia polygona var. polygona
- Euphorbia polygona var. striata (A.C.White, R.A.Dyer & B.Sloane) D.H.Schnabel
- Euphorbia polygonata Lodd.
Photos
Photo: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 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.