Herbal Garden (Muligai Vanam) Kodikalli

Euphorbia tirucalli (L.) also known as Pencil tree belongs to the family Euphorbiaceae. It is native to Ethiopia to South Africa and India. The plant is broadly distributed in hotter parts of India and is planted as a hedge plant in gardens and along cultivated fields. E. tirucalli is a shrub or small tree with pencil-thick, green, smooth, fleshy branches that reaches to a height of up to 7 m. It has a cylindrical and fleshy stem with fragile fleshy twigs that are 7 mm thick, often produced in whorls, longitudinally, finely stripped. The oval leaves are 1-2.5 cm long and about 3-4 mm wide; they usually fall off early. It contains milky, toxic and corrosive latex. The flowers are yellow and seen at the tip of the branches.

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