Christmas flower
Euphorbia pulcherrima
Also known as Poinsettia
About Christmas flower
The poinsettia (; Euphorbia pulcherrima) is a commercially important flowering plant species of the diverse spurge family Euphorbiaceae. Indigenous to Mexico and Central America, the poinsettia was first described by Europeans in 1834. It is particularly well known for its red and green foliage and is widely used in Christmas floral displays. It derives its common English name from Joel Roberts Poinsett, the first United States minister to Mexico, who is credited with introducing the plant to the US in the 1820s; however, there have been recent efforts to rename the flower to its Nahuatl name, "cuetlaxōchitl", due to Poinsett's involvement in slavery and the Trail of Tears.
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Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Euphorbia pulcherrima
- Genus
- Euphorbia
- Family
- EUPHORBIACEAE
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Grown in gardens
- Native to
- Central America
- Distribution
- Cultivated in tropics and subtropics
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-February
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Nepali
- लालुपाते फूल
- Bengali
- লালপাতা
- Tamil
- பொய்ன் செட்டியா
- Kannada
- ಪೊಯನ್ ಸೆಟಿಯಾ
- Malayalam
- പോയിൻസെറ്റിയ
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Christmas flower belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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