Spurge
Botanical name: Euphorbiaceae
Spurge
Botanical name: Euphorbiaceae
Species of Spurge
Alchornea
Alchornea are woody plants that, in general, have interesting chemical properties and are rich in many compounds. Some species have been used as sources of wood and natural dyes, with certain members being renowned for enriching the soil and acting as pioneer species on degraded lands.
Mercuries
Mercuries are annual or perennial woody flowering plants with a slender growth habit. They grow from a rhizome. Outside of their native range, they can show weedy and invasive tendencies and are often found growing as weeds of cultivated areas. Mercuries are considered toxic to humans and animals.
Chrozophora
The genus is widespread across Europe, Africa, and Asia.
Aleurites
Copperleafs
Copperleafs are flowering plants that are mostly native to tropical and subtropical regions. Copperleafs are named as so because many species in the genus have leaves and stems that turn a brilliant, coppery shade of red during the fall. While some species are grown for their foliage, others are grown for their vibrant racemes. Whatever the case, copperleafs are great additions to any garden.
Amperea
Baliospermum
It is native to Southeast Asia and the Himalayas.
Endospermum
It is native to E + S + SE Asia, Papuasia, Queensland, and certain islands of the W Pacific.
Deutzianthus
Deutzianthus are found in Vietnam, southern China, and Sumatra.
Cleidiocarpon
Cleidiocarpon is native to China and Indochina.
Shirakiopsis
There are six known species, 3 native to tropical Asia and 3 to tropical Africa. These are trees and shrubs producing a milky latex. Their smaller branches are coated in pale-colored, yellowish, or sometimes reddish hairs. The toothed oblong to oval leaves are alternately arranged and there are small ovate to triangular stipules. The inflorescences are thyrses at the branch tips. The plants are monoecious. The fruit is smooth, dry, and woody or occasionally slightly fleshy, and contains 2 or 3 seeds in each of its chambers.
Discocleidion
Discocleidion contains one accepted species, endemic to China.
Cnidoscolus
Cnidoscolus is widespread across much of North and South America, including the West Indies.
Muricococcum
Balakata
Balakata is a genus of trees in the family Euphorbiaceae. It is native to Southeast Asia, southern China, the Himalayas, and New Guinea. These trees have alternately arranged leaves, usually with large basal glands on the undersides. The trees are monoecious, with inflorescences containing several male flowers and usually at least one female flower at the base. The fruit is smooth and fleshy.
Claoxylon
Claoxylon is a flowering plant genus in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, comprising dioecious subshrubs to small trees. The genus claoxylon is usually easily recognizable because the dried leaves in herbariums of most species are rough (few are smooth). The genus is distributed in paleotropical areas.
Dalechampia
Excoecaria
Excoecaria are mangroves that grow in the form of glabrous trees, shrubs, or subshrubs. They are found in tropical Africa, Asia, and Oceania where they participate in forming mangrove swamps and forests. Excoecaria are also characteristic and well-known for their highly toxic milky latex that can cause skin irritation and temporary blindness upon contact. It maintains its toxic properties even when dried.
Tragia
Tragia are a large genus of flowering plants that are widespread across the Americas, Africa, and tropical Australasia, as well as many tropical islands. They grow as erect herbs, shrubs, and twining vines that all share the common trait of stinging when touched due to chemical-bearing leaf hairs.
Ditaxis
Its name ditaxis refers to the stamens which are in two whorls. The genus is widespread across much of the Western Hemisphere from the southern United States to Uruguay.
Epiprinus
Koilodepas
Koilodepas is native to Southeast Asia, India, Hainan, and New Guinea.
Rushfoils
The cheerful multicolored leaves of the rushfoils make them very popular ornamental plants. These evergreen shrubs hail from the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia and hence thrive in warm climates. They grow well indoors when given plenty of light. These plants are mildly toxic to both cats and humans.
Cleidion
Cleidion is found in tropical and subtropical regions in Asia, Africa, Australia, Latin America, and various islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
Colliguaja
Givotia
Sebastian-bush
Sebastian-bush contains only one recognized species, native to the southeastern United States.
Scientific Classification
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