Hummingbirds are attracted to the plant's flowers. Cuttings should be made in March – April or June – July, and from the middle or top of the main stem. Cuttings should be made above a joint, be 5 to 6 inches (13 to 15 cm) long, and planted in sandy, nutrient-rich soil and allowed to root before planting. Because of the plant's toxicity, gardeners are cautioned to wear goggles, gloves, long-sleeved shirts, and long pants. It is primarily used as an outdoor garden border plant, but certain varieties do well indoors. The first record of it growing in a garden was in Amsterdam. They showed that Euphorbia tithymaloides has reproduced and evolved in a ring through Central America and the Caribbean, meeting in the Virgin Islands where they appear to be morphologically and ecologically distinct.Įuphorbia tithymaloides was introduced as a garden plant prior to 1688. In 2012, Cacho and Baum described the first example of a ring species in plants. Subspecies are usually identifiable by their leaves, which come in several types such as laurel-like and variegated and which can be tinged with white or red. The plant generally flowers in mid-spring. The seed pod is about 7.5 mm (0.30 in) long and 9 mm (0.35 in) wide, and ovoid in shape (with truncated ends). The male pedicel is hairy, while the female is glabrous. The floral leaves are bifid (split in two parts) and ovate, while the involucral bracts are bright red, irregularly acuminate in shape (e.g., like a slipper), and about 1.1 to 1.3 mm (0.043 to 0.051 in) in length with a long, thin tube. The plant terminates in a dichotomous cyme, with a peduncle supporting each flower. The leaves are glabrous (smooth) and acuminate in shape, with entire (smooth) edges. Each leaf is sessile (attaching directly to the plant), and about 35 to 75 mm (1.4 to 3 in) in length. The leaf is a simple angiosperm leaf, arranged oppositely on the stem. The shrub can grow to 1.8 to 2.4 metres (6 to 8 ft) in height and generally is about 45 to 60 cm (18 to 24 in) in width. The plant requires a sunny area to grow in. The plant tends to be taller and have more biomass if it is well-watered. It is relatively intolerant of high soil salinity levels, but exhibits saline tolerance if well fertilized. It prefers soil that is sandy, well-drained, and nutrient-rich, particularly with higher concentrations of boron, copper, iron, manganese, molybdenum, and zinc. Distribution and description Įuphorbia tithymaloides is native to tropical and subtropical North America and Central America. In other parts of the world, it is known as gin-ryu (Japan) pokok lipan and penawar lipan (Indonesia) airi, baire, and agia "rang chita" (Bengal),(India) aperejo (Yoruba) sapatinho do diabo (Brazil) ítamo real (Cuba and Puerto Rico) pantoufle (France) and zapatilla del diablo (Mexico). Among them are redbird flower, devil's-backbone, redbird cactus, Jewbush, buck-thorn, cimora misha, Christmas candle, fiddle flower, ipecacuahana, Jacob's ladder, Japanese poinsettia, Jew's slipper, milk-hedge, myrtle-leaved spurge, Padus-leaved clipper plant, red slipper spurge, slipper flower, slipper plant, slipper spurge, timora misha, and zig-zag plant. Names Įuphorbia tithymaloides has a large number of household names used by gardeners and the public. However, the genus Pedilanthus has been submerged into the genus Euphorbia, and is more correctly known by its new name ( Euphorbia tithymaloides). An erect shrub, the plant is also known by the scientific name Pedilanthus tithymaloides. Euphorbia tithymaloides is a perennial succulent spurge.
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