Euphorbiaceae
Indiantree spurge
Euphorbia tirucalli
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Euphorbia
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Common names
By language (32)
- Afrikaans
- Kraalmelkbos, Kraalnaboom
- Arabic
- صبار أم اللبن
- Armenian
- Իշկաթնուկ տիրուկալի
- arz
- صبار ام اللبن
- Burmese
- ငရဲသစ်ငုတ်ပင်
- Cantonese
- 光棍樹
- Chinese
- 綠珊瑚, 绿玉树, 光棍树, 绿珊瑚, 青珊瑚
- English
- Indiantree spurge, Rubber-hedge euphorbia
- Finnish
- Käärmetyräkki
- Ganda
- Nkoni
- German
- Bleistiftstrauch, Bleistiftbaum, Gummihecke
- gor
- Patah Tulang
- Indonesian
- Patah tulang
- Japanese
- ミドリサンゴ, ミルクブッシュ
- Javanese
- Kayu urip
- Kannada
- ಕೋಲುಕಳ್ಳಿ
- ki
- Kariaria
- Kinyarwanda
- Umuyenzi
- Malay
- Tentulang, Patah tulang, Tetulang
- Malayalam
- തിരുക്കള്ളി
- Marathi
- शेर
- min
- Patah tulang
- Persian
- یوفوربیا تیروکالی
- Portuguese
- Avelós
- Russian
- Молочай тирукалли
- shn
- တူၼ်ႈမႆႉၽၢၼ်ၵိင်ႇၽၢၼ်မႂ်
- Shona
- Kanyanganya
- Sundanese
- Susuru
- Tamil
- கொம்புக் கள்ளி
- Telugu
- సన్న జెముడు
- Thai
- พญาไร้ใบ
- Vietnamese
- Cây xương khô
Synonyms
- Arthrothamnus tirucalli (L.) Klotzsch & Garcke
- Euphorbia geayi Costant. & Gall.
- Euphorbia laro Drake
- Euphorbia media N.E.Br.
- Euphorbia media var. bagshawei N.E.Br.
- Euphorbia rhipsaloides Lem.
- Euphorbia rhipsaloides Willd.
- Euphorbia rhipsaloides Welw. ex N.E.Br.
- Euphorbia scoparia N.E.Br.
- Euphorbia suareziana Croizat
- Euphorbia tirucalli var. rhipsaloides (Willd.) A.Chev.
- Euphorbia viminalis Mill.
- Tirucalia indica Raf.
- Tirucalia tirucalli (L.) P.V.Heath
Flowers
- In flower
- March, October to January (from 14 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ben Costamagna, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ton Rulkens, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alan Manson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by and, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Diogo Luiz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by and, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alan Manson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AxelStrauss, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nick Schaller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: David Anderson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.