Euphorbia milli

Crown of Thorns
Euphorbia milii Information sources
Flowers of India – Website
http://www.wanapluk.com/crow
n-of-thorns-plant/
Photography Locations
CII- Godrej GBC, Hyderabad
http://luirig.altervista.org/photo
s/i/ipomoea_nil.htm
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Crown of Thorns
Euphorbia milii  Distribution:

Madgascar
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Heights: 2-6 m

Perrenial Shrub

Leaf shape: Ovate

Pronunciation:

Euphorbia (yoo-FOR-beeuh)

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Species: milii (MIL-ee-eye)
Crown of Thorns
Euphorbia milii  Common name:
 Crown of Thorns,
 Christ Thorn,
 Christ Plant
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Crown of Thorns
Euphorbia milii  Euphorbia
 Euphorbus was the
Greek physician of King
Juba II (about 50 BC to
19 AD) of Numidia
(present day Algeria).
King Juba II was the first
person to find a
succulent-type
Euphorbia, and he
named it after his
physician.
 Milii
 Named for Baron Milius,
once governor of the
island of Bourbon, who
introduced the species
into cultivation in France
in 1821.
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 Folklore
 The common names allude to
the legend that the Euphorbia
Milii was utilized in the
crucifixion of Jesus of
Nazareth.
 The Crown of Thorns gains its
name from the supposition
that the crown of thorns
placed upon the head of Jesus
by Roman soldiers was made
from the branches and thorns
of this wiry, succulent bush
 Interestingly, the stems of this
plant are pliable and can be
intertwined into a circle
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The Crown of Thorns plant is a woody, spiny,
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climbing succulent shrub
The leaves are found mainly on new growth and are
obovate
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Bract
s
Flower
The flowers are small, subtended by a pair of
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conspicuous petal-like
bracts
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Bract colors can vary and come in yellow, red, and
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orange.
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The plant flowers nearly all year, and especially in
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the winter
Stems will reach up to 4 feet (1.2 m) in length with
many spines
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Stems are slender and fleshy adapted for water
storage
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It makes a nice hedge plant, it is an excellent
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flowering bush for container gardening
They grow great in a container and are tolerant of
salty soils
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The latex may produce a severe dermatitis on
susceptible individuals
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Thank You
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