Euphorbiaceae

Crown of thorns

Euphorbia splendens Bojer ex Hook.

Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Euphorbia

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Common names

By language (5)

Arabic: الحلاب, أم لبينة, الحلبوب, العنجد, الفربيون, ليتوع
Burmese: ရှားစောင်းသင်္ဂီနက်, ရှားစောင်းသင်္ကန်း
Chinese: 虎刺梅, 美丽铁海棠
English: Crown of thorns
shn: ၵိုၼ်ဢွၼ်ႇ, တူၼ်ႈၵိုၼ်ဢွၼ်ႇ

Synonyms

Euphorbia milii var. splendens (Bojer ex Hook.) Ursch & Leandri
Lacanthis splendens (Bojer ex Hook.) Raf.
Sterigmanthe splendens (Bojer ex Hook.) Klotzsch & Garcke
Tithymalus splendens (Bojer ex Hook.) M.Gómez

Photos

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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.