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Euphorbia schoenlandii

Common names: compass barrelwort (Eng.), noordpol (Afr.).

Family: Euphorbiaceae

... winter and a hot dry summer. Individuals within the family Euphorbiaceae have a wide range of pollination systems and ... University in Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown). The family Euphorbiaceae consists of over 300 genera and 8 000 species. ... is one of the diagnostic characteristics of the family Euphorbiaceae. It has a strong, acrid smell and may lead to ...

01 / 09 / 2025 | Sicelo Sithole | Karoo Desert NBG

Euphorbia clandestina

Common names: ostrich neck (Eng.); volstruisnek (Afr.)

Family: Euphorbiaceae

... upright and cylindrical stem. The species comes from the Euphorbiaceae, also known as the spurge family, which is a ...

16 / 07 / 2025 | Sihle Nqentsu | Pretoria NBG

Euphorbia rhombifolia

Common names: springbuck milkbush (Eng.); springbokmelkbos, soetmelkbos, steenbokmelkbos, skaapmelkbos, kirriemoer, moerwortel, moerworteltjie, sikkiri, sikkiriwort

Family: Euphorbiaceae

... of flowering plants. It is the largest genus in the family Euphorbiaceae which has approximately 5 000 species. In ...

07 / 07 / 2025 | Nokukhanya Nozipho Mhlongo | TSP

Euphorbia schinzii

Common names: rock-milkbush, northern noors, Schinz’s spurge (Eng.); klipmelkbossie (Afr.)

Family: Euphorbiaceae

... bursts open. Characteristic of numerous members within the Euphorbiaceae family, E. schinzii harbours toxic compounds ... It is indigenous to southern Africa, and belongs to the Euphorbiaceae, a family that encompasses a broad spectrum of ...

29 / 04 / 2024 | Rofhiwa Ratshibvumo | National Herbarium Pretoria

Euphorbia cupularis

Common names: dead-man’s tree, crying tree (Eng.); dooiemansboom, gifboom (Afr.); umdlebe, umdletshane (isiZulu); sidlejane (isiSwati); mulamba-noni (Tshivenda)

Family: Euphorbiaceae

11 / 09 / 2023 | Nthabiseng Lucia Masetla | Walter Sisulu NBG

Euphorbia pseudoglobosa

Common names: false milkballs, false globosa, false globose spurge, false globose euphorbia (Eng.);

Family: Euphorbiaceae

... peduncles. Photo Evan Eifler Members of the family Euphorbiaceae have a wide variety of pollination systems and ... pollinated by lizards. While certain species in the family Euphorbiaceae are capable of self-fertilisation, ... shape of the plant, hence ‘false globosa’. The family Euphorbiaceae is compromised of over 300 genera and 8 000 ...

10 / 07 / 2023 | Nokukhanya Nozipho Mhlongo | TSP

Euphorbia umfoloziensis

Common names: Umfolozi euphorbia (Eng.); (some euphorbias are commonly known as umhlonhlo in isiZulu)

Family: Euphorbiaceae

... genus Euphorbia belongs to the large, cosmopolitan family Euphorbiaceae. Approximately 200 species in the family Euphorbiaceae occur in South Africa. The genus Euphorbia is ...

28 / 03 / 2022 | Nokukhanya Nozipho Mhlongo | TSP

Euphorbia clavarioides

Common names: lion’s spoor (Eng.), grootvingerpol, slangpol, melkpol (Afr.), isihlekehleke, isantilele (isiZulu), sehlehle, sehloko, thethebale (Sesotho)

Family: Euphorbiaceae

20 / 09 / 2021 | Bathabile Ndlovu | KwaZulu-Natal NBG

Acalypha punctata

Common names: sticky brooms and brushes (Eng.); umsongo (Swa.); usunundu (Zul.)

Family: Euphorbiaceae

... Acalypha is a genus of flowering plants in the family Euphorbiaceae. It is the sole genus of the subtribe ...

05 / 04 / 2021 | Sicelo Sithole | Kirstenbosch NBG

Euphorbia bupleurifolia

Common names: cycad spurge, pine cone plant (Eng.); melkbol (Afr.); intsele, insema (Xho.); inkamamasane, insema (Zul.)

Family: Euphorbiaceae

20 / 05 / 2019 | Sibahle Gumede | Millennium Seed Bank Partnership

Euphorbia flanaganii

Common names: Transkei medusa’s head, Flanagan’s euphorbia (Eng.); vingerpol (Afr.); nhlehle, isihlehle (Zul.)

Family: Euphorbiaceae

... Greyia flanaganii and Selago flanaganii . The family Euphorbiaceae has over 200 genera, such as Croton , ...

04 / 03 / 2019 | Ntuthuko Mabuya | Pretoria NBG

Croton megalobotrys

Common names: feverberry, large feverberry (Eng.); koorsbessie, grootkoorsbessie (Afr.); motsibi (Northern Sotho), muruthu (Tshivenda)

Family: Euphorbiaceae

17 / 12 / 2018 | Benjamin Festus | Kirstenbosch NBG

Euphorbia tuberosa

Common names: milk-ball, wild charlock (Eng.); melkbol, wilderamenas (Afr.)

Family: Euphorbiaceae

05 / 11 / 2018 | Shireen Harris | Karoo Desert NBG

Euphorbia triangularis

Common names: river euphorbia, chandelier-tree, tree euphorbia (Eng.); riviernaboom (Afr.); umhlonthlo (isiXhosa); umhlonhlowane, isiphapha (IsiZulu)

Family: Euphorbiaceae

... rather slowly. Watch for annoying pests like White Fly. Euphorbiaceae is the name given to one of the largest plant ... in the plant world, commonly called spurges. The family Euphorbiaceae includes around 300 genera and 7 500 species, ...

10 / 09 / 2018 | Bathabile Ndlovu | KwaZulu-Natal NBG

Euphorbia nesemannii

Common names: Nesemann's euphorbia (Eng.); melkpol (Afr.)

Family: Euphorbiaceae

... of the white latex that many of the species possess. The Euphorbiaceae is one of the largest and most diverse families ...

13 / 08 / 2018 | Sinikeziwe Ncaphayi | Karoo Desert NBG

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

Macaranga capensis

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