| Scientific Name: | Euphorbia lacei |
| Common Name: | African milk tree |
| Family Name: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Origin: | Africa - southern, Africa - tropical |
| 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 shield). | |