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Spirostachys africana

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

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

Jatropha zeyheri

Common names: verfbol (Afr.); sefapabadia (Sesotho); xidomeja (Xitsonga); mafuredonga (Tshivenda); ugodide (isiZulu)

Family: Euphorbiaceae

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

Euphorbia virosa

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

Family: Euphorbiaceae

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

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 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 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

Euphorbia stellispina

Common names: sterretjie-noors, noorsdoring (Afr.)

Family: Euphorbiaceae

01 / 08 / 2005 | Roger Oliver | 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

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 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 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 radyeri

Common names: blue euphorbia, sweet noors, blue noors (Eng.); soetnoors, noors, noorsdoring, noorsheuning, noorspol, soetnoorsdoring, vaalnoors (Afr.)

Family: Euphorbiaceae

... in 1930. Euphorbia radyeri belongs to the family of Euphorbiaceae, a large and diverse plant group found ...

| Mapuleng Nkhobo | Karoo Desert 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 obesa

Common names: Sea Urchin, Baseball, Vetmensie

Family: Euphorbiaceae

18 / 02 / 2002 | | Kirstenbosch 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 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

Euphorbia ingens

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

Euphorbia groenewaldii

Common names: none

Family: Euphorbiaceae

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

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