Scientific Name: Euphorbia lacei
Common Name: African milk tree
Family Name: Euphorbiaceae
Origin: Africa
Hardiness Zone: Zone 10: (-1 to 4 °C)
Plant Type: Indoor foliage plant, Succulent or Cacti
Mature Size: 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width)
Habit: Stiffly upright
Form: Columnar
Texture: Medium - coarse
Landscape Uses: Indoor plant
Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade
Soil or Media: Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Opposite, Succulent, Glabrous, Obovate, Entire
Flowers: Cyathium, Green-yellow
Fruit: Schizocarp, Aborted (hybrids) or absent, Pink, Red
Key ID Features:
Cactus-like houseplant; stems mostly 3 angled; leaves along stem ridges when present, obovate, most 5-8cm long x 2-4cm wide; spines in pairs, 6-7mm long (including sheild).