Common name
English: Mexican Fireplant, Wild poinsetta
German: Bechertragende Wolfsmilch
Mandarin: 白苞猩猩草 (bai bao xing xing cao)
Portuguese: Amendoim bravo, Leiteira
English: Mexican Fireplant, Wild poinsetta
German: Bechertragende Wolfsmilch
Mandarin: 白苞猩猩草 (bai bao xing xing cao)
Portuguese: Amendoim bravo, Leiteira
Kingdom: Plantae (2586)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2483)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2101)
Order: Malpighiales (98)
Family: Euphorbiaceae (77)(family description)
Genus: Euphorbia (27)
Epithet: heterophylla L. (2)
Synonyms: Agaloma angustifolia Raf., Euphorbia morisoniana Klotzsch, Tithymalus heterophyllus (L.) Haw.
angustifolia => with narrow leaves
heterophylla => bearing leaves of more than one kind
heterophyllus => bearing leaves of more than one kind
Climate: tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: green, yellow
Check for Euphorbia heterophylla at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNILiterature