| Family | Euphorbiaceae |
| Subfamily | Euphorbioideae |
| Tribe | Euphorbieae |
| Subtribe | Euphorbiinae |
| Scientific name | Euphorbia milii Des Moulins |
| Synonyms | Euphorbia bojeri Hooker; Euphorbia bojeri Hooker var. mucronulata Ramirez Goyena; Euphorbia milii Des Moulins var. splendens (Bojer ex Hooker) Ursch & Leandri; Euphorbia splendens Bojer ex Hooker; Euphorbia splendens Bojer ex Hooker subsp. bojeri (Hooker) Denis; Euphorbia splendens Bojer ex Hooker var. bojeri (Hooker) Costantin & Gallaud; Sterigmanthe bojeri Klotsch & Garcke |
| Common name | (English common name) Christ's plant, Christ's thorn, crown of thorns |
| (Japanese common name) hana-kirin (ハナキリン, 花麒麟 [meaning: flowering Giraffe plant]) | |
| Distribution | Madagascar |
| Reference | Euphorbia milii Des Moul. |
| Euphorbia milii Des Moul. | |
| Method of inducing chlorosis in a knapweed plant (US Patent 4929270/1990) | |
| Cell differentiation inducer (US Patent 7317028/2008) | |
| Novel plants (WIPO Patent WO/2006/133970) | |
| Preparation of Chrysanthemin (Japanese Patent JP57014653/1982) |
| November 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
November 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
November 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |