African milk bush

Synadenium grantii

Shrub
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About African milk bush

Euphorbia umbellata (syn.) Synadenium grantii), also called African milk bush, is a species of succulent plant in the family Euphorbiaceae, which is native to eastern Africa.

Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Plant Details

Scientific name
Synadenium grantii
Genus
Synadenium
Habit
Shrub
Habitat
Grown as live fence
Native to
Tropical Africa
Distribution
Introduced elsewhere
Flowering & fruiting
September-April
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Botanical family

Euphorbiaceae

Spurge/Euphorbia family

African milk bush belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.

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