Common names (English):

Red spurge, Caribbean Copper Plant

Local name (Kannada):

Habit: Shrub

Distribution:

Native of South America

Use: Ornamental

Description:

Shrubs 1-3 m high; stems branched. Leaves ternate, ovate, rounded at base, obtuse at apex. Cyathia terminal, solitary; peduncle ca 1 cm long, hairy; involucre turbinate, ca 4 mm in diameter, lobes broadly oblong, lacinate; glands 4. Male florets: pedicel ca 1.5 mm long. Female floret: gynophore ca 3 mm long, sparsely hairy. Capsules ca 4 mm diameter, sparsely hairy.

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