Kingdom: Plantae
Divisi: Magnoliphyta
Classis: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malphigiales
Family: Euphobiaceae
Genus: Euphorbia
Species: Euphorbia lactea Haw.
Local name: Dragon bones, False cactus, Mottled spurge
A tall, dark-green, many-branched, spinous milky-juiced shrub, with distinctive silhouette that grow up to over 3-6 m tall (or more) but rarely does in cultivation. It have have only the tiniest hint of leaves at the growing tips in summer. The leaves are rudimentary, circular, reddish, up to 3 mm in diameter, sessile, deciduous.
Stipular spines: Tiny but sharp, paired, widely divergent along the margins, 2-6 mm long.
Euphorbia lactea being from a tropical climate, it is one of the few columnar Euphorbias that do exceptionally well in very wet, humid climates. It need bright light to partial shade for best appearance (but the variegated forms do best if protected from strong sunshine in the hottest hours of the day). It responds well to warmth, with its active growth period in the late spring and summer months. Water thoroughly when soil is dry to the touch during active growing season (more than once a week during hot weather) In the winter months, waterigs should be suspended or restricted to once over the winter. The most common failure in growing this plant is over watering, especially during the winter months. Likes porous soil with adequate drainage. Succulent Euphorbias in greenhouses apparently are seldom affected by fungous diseases.
Spot character: Broader succulent branches, minute leaves and soon deciduous.
Location: FIP Building
Benefit: It is a fency plant that makes very thick-set hedges, it is also used in traditional medicine against, in warts and tumor. And also an ornamental plant.
Synonyms: Euphorbiac lactea Rouxburgh
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