Common name
English: Sawtooth spurge
German: Gesägte Wolfsmilch
Portuguese: Leiteira-serrada
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2616)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2519)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2128)
Order: Malpighiales (111)
Family: Euphorbiaceae (77)(family description)
Genus: Euphorbia (27)
Epithet: serrata L. (1)
Synonyms: Chylogala serrata (L.) Fourr., Euphorbia truncata (Pers.) Loudon, Galarhoeus serratus (L.) Haw., Tithymalus denticulatus Moench, Tithymalus serratus (L.) Hill
denticulatus => with minute teeth
serrata => beset with saw teeth
serratus => toothed
truncata => truncate, cut off, blunt-ended
Characteristics
Climate: sub-tropical
Habit: herb
Flower colour: green, yellow