Euphorbia milii




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