Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. ex Klotzsch

 
  • Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
    (SPURGE FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Euphorbiaceae
  • Species : Euphorbia pulcherrima
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. ex Klotzsch
  • Common name : Christmas Flower
  • Habit : Undershrub
  • Flower, Fruit : November-February
  • Native : Central America
  • Comments : Occasionally cultivated in gardens and sometimes seen on hills across ghats.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • World Distribution : Cultivated in most Tropics
  • Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Euphorbia pulcherrima. Downloaded on 27 June 2024.

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