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African Milk Weed
African Milk Weed
Euphorbia trigona
Plantae
UNCOMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Medium
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Dry savanna
Range
Central Africa
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Spines, Toxins
Status
Uncommon

About

This tall succulent looks like a green candelabra and grows tiny leaves tucked safely between its sharp thorns. It is famous for the sticky, milk-like sap inside its stems that helps it stay strong and healthy in sunny gardens.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Euphorbiaceae
Genus
Euphorbia
Species
Euphorbia trigona