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Euphorbia obesa

Euphorbia obesa
Common names: Sea Urchin, Baseball, Vetmensie
Family: Euphorbiaceae

18 / 02 / 2002 | | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Euphorbia ingens

E. ingens tree
Common names: common tree Euphorbia (Eng.); naboom, gewone naboom (Afr.); mohlohlokgomo, mokgoto (Northern Sotho); unHlonhlo (Sw); Nkondze, Nkonde (Tswana)
Family: Euphorbiaceae

05 / 07 / 2004 | Lou-nita LeRoux | Lowveld NBG
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Spirostachys africana

Fruits of the tamboti.Photo: G Nichols
Common names: tamboti (Eng.); tambotie (Afr.); umThombothi (Zulu); Modiba (Northern Sotho); umThombotsi (siSwati); Ndzopfori (Tsonga); Morukuru (Tswana); Muonze (ts
Family: Euphorbiaceae

04 / 10 / 2004 | Avhurengwi Phillemon Ndou | Walter Sisulu NBG
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Euphorbia cooperi

Fruiting branches image ©Geoff Nichols
Common names: bushveld candelabra tree (Eng.); norsdoring (Afr.)
Family: Euphorbiaceae

28 / 02 / 2005 | J K Baloyi | Pretoria NBG
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Euphorbia

Euphorbia mauritanica in flower
Common names: spurges, euphorbias
Family: Euphorbiaceae

11 / 04 / 2005 | Robert Archer | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Euphorbia stellispina

E.stellispina
Common names: sterretjie-noors, noorsdoring (Afr.)
Family: Euphorbiaceae

01 / 08 / 2005 | Roger Oliver | Karoo Desert NBG
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Croton gratissimus

Croton gratissimus ( Image copyright Geoff Nichols)
Common names: bergboegoe, ilabele, inkubathi, isikhumampuphu, korannaboegoe, lavender croton, lavender fever berry, laventelbos, laventelkoorsbessie, maloga
Family: Euphorbiaceae

... garden once they are 600 mm or taller. The spurge family (Euphorbiaceae) is a large family of flowering plants with 280 ... USA. Croton  is an extensive plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae established by Carolus Linnaeus in 1737. The ...

19 / 12 / 2005 | Mhlonishwa D Dlamini | Walter Sisulu NBG
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Euphorbia tirucalli

Euphorbia tirucalli
Common names: pencil plant, rubber-hedge euphorbia (Eng.); kraalmelkbos (Afr.)
Family: Euphorbiaceae

... in amongst the permanent specimens. The family name Euphorbiaceae and genus name Euphorbia were named in honour ...

24 / 12 / 2007 | Werner Voigt | Harold Porter NBG
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Euphorbia mauritanica

Euphorbia mauritanica
Common names: yellow milk bush, golden spurge (Eng.); geelmelkbos, beesmelkbos, gifmelkbos, kaalmelkbos, kleinmelkbos (Afr.)
Family: Euphorbiaceae

07 / 04 / 2008 | Allen Gcina Nene | Walter Sisulu NBG
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Euphorbia barnardii

Euphorbia barnardii
Common names: mokgwakgwatha (Pedi)
Family: Euphorbiaceae

26 / 05 / 2008 | Pethole Manyama | CREW
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Croton sylvaticus

Croton sylvaticus tree. Photo G. Nichols
Common names: forest fever-berry, woodland croton (Eng.); boskoorsbessie (Afr.), umFeze, uMagwaqane (Xhosa); umHloshazane, uGebeleweni, umZilanyoni, inDumbahlozi (Z
Family: Euphorbiaceae

25 / 08 / 2008 | Alec Naidoo | Pretoria NBG
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Euphorbia clivicola

Family: Euphorbiaceae

... of a hill, and 'cola' meaning dwelling place. The family Euphorbiaceae is the sixth largest plant family consisting of ...

30 / 04 / 2012 | Lerato Hoveka | CREW
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Croton pseudopulchellus

Flowers and leaves
Common names: small lavender fever-berry (Eng.); kleinlaventelkoorsbessie, sandkoorsbessie (Afr.); uHubeshane (isiZulu)
Family: Euphorbiaceae

24 / 09 / 2012 | Sifiso Mnxati | KwaZulu-Natal Herbarium
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Euphorbia virosa

Euphorbia virosa flowers
Common names: poison euphorbia (Eng.); Boesmansgif, boomgif, gifboom, noors, melkbos, naboom ( Afr.); nhlangaume (Shangana)
Family: Euphorbiaceae

10 / 06 / 2013 | Z Kontsiwe | Karoo Desert NBG
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Euphorbia grandidens

Euphorbia grandidens. Photo Geoff Nichols
Common names: valleybush euphorbia, large-toothed euphorbia (Eng.); valleibosnaboom, groottandnaboom (Afr.); umhlontlo (isiXhosa); umhlonhlo wehlathi (isiZulu)
Family: Euphorbiaceae

31 / 08 / 2015 | Sifiso Mnxati | KwaZulu-Natal Herbarium
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Euphorbia groenewaldii

Euphorbia groenewaldii (Seloba Chuene)
Common names: none
Family: Euphorbiaceae

30 / 05 / 2016 | Lerato Hoveka | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Jatropha zeyheri

Jatropha zeyheri (Brenden Pienaar)
Common names: verfbol (Afr.); sefapabadia (Sesotho); xidomeja (Xitsonga); mafuredonga (Tshivenda); ugodide (isiZulu)
Family: Euphorbiaceae

04 / 07 / 2016 | Lerato Hoveka | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Euphorbia globosa

Euphorbia globosa
Common names: globose euphorbia, globose spurge (Eng.); eierpol, knopmelkbol, langbeentjie (Afr.)
Family: Euphorbiaceae

... named by Carl Linnaeus, and it is placed in the family, Euphorbiaceae commonly known as spurges. The family has over ...

13 / 02 / 2017 | Tandiwe Nkonki | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Macaranga capensis

Macaranga capensis in flower (Geoff Nichols).
Common names: river macaranga, false-poplar, spiny macaranga, wild-poplar (Eng.); riviermakaranga, valspopulier, wildepopulier (Afr.); umbengele, umphumelezi, umphu
Family: Euphorbiaceae

27 / 03 / 2017 | M.S. Mothogoane | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Euphorbia sekukuniensis

Euphorbia sekukuniensis
Common names: Sekhukhune candelabra-tree, Sekhukhune euphorbia (Eng.); sekhukhunenaboom (Afr.)
Family: Euphorbiaceae

... by W.G. Barnard and Dr F.Z. van der Merwe. The family Euphorbiaceae has over 200 genera, such as Croton , ...

27 / 11 / 2017 | Ntuthuko Mabuya | Pretoria NBG
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