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Tirucalia alluaudii (Drake) P.V.Heath
Calyx 5: 87 1996
Family: EUPHORBIACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Euphorbia alluaudii Drake
Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 9: 43 1903

Tirucalia alluaudii (Euphorbia alluaudii) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

Synonyms:

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Euphorbia alluaudii Drake
Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 9: 43 1903
Synonymy: 6 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Euphorbia alluaudii subs. oncoclada (Drake) F.Friedmann & Cremers
Adansonia n.s., 16: 256 1976
Synonymy: 3
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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Cat Tails Euphorbia, Stick Plant, Stick Cactus, Pencil Tree, Milk Bush, Yellow-leaf Bush Euphorbia, Stick Euphorbia, SausageTree
CHINESE (中文): 白銀珊瑚/翡翠木, 綠珊瑚

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Euphorbia alluaudii group

  • Euphorbia alluaudii Drake: Shrub or small tree with, virgate, cylindrical branches, procumbent from the base. Distribution: South-west Madagascar, extending towards the central high-plateau.
  • Euphorbia alluaudii f. criatata hort.: Crested form.
  • Euphorbia alluaudii subs. oncoclada (Drake) F.Friedmann & Cremers: has thicker sausage-like joints about 2,5 cm wide with prominent leaf scars. Distribution: Tulear/Saint-Augustin region.


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