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Euphorbiaceae

Redbird flower

Euphorbia tithymaloides L.

Family
Euphorbiaceae
Genus
Euphorbia

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Redbird flower: Euphorbia tithymaloides (green leaf variety); a weed in Tonga
Photo: Tauʻolunga, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (12)
Bangla
রাং চিতা
Chinese
紅雀珊瑚, 红雀珊珊, 红雀珊瑚, 紅雀珊珊, 太白参, 扭曲草, 拖鞋花, 洋珊瑚
English
Redbird flower
Indonesian
Sig-sag
Japanese
ムカデタイゲキ
Malay
Pokok Penawar Lipan
Malayalam
തത്തമ്മച്ചെടി, Devil's Backbone, Jacob's Ladder, Pedilanthus, Redbird Cactus, Redbird Flower, Slipper Flower, തത്തമ്മ ചെടി
Persian
یوفوربیا تیتیمالویدس
Punjabi
ਯੁਫ਼ੋਰਬੀਆ ਟਿਥੀਮਾਲਿਓਡਦਸ
Russian
Педилантус титималоидный, Молочай титималоидный, Педилантус титималоподобный
Tongan
Matavivi
Vietnamese
Cây thuốc giấu

Synonyms

  • Pedilanthus tithymaloides (L.) Poit.
  • Tithymalus tithymaloides (L.) Croizat

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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.