Euphorbiaceae
Redbird flower
Euphorbia tithymaloides
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Euphorbia
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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
Photos

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Photo: Atudu, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dr. Alexey Yakovlev, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.