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Euphorbia resinifera, Berg (E. San Salvador, Hort.). A much-branched shrub: branches 4-angled, spine- shields triangular-rounded, small, 3-5 lines apart. S.W. Morocco. G.Z. 19:102.—This species yields the euphorbium gum of the ancients.
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Euphorbia resinifera, Berg (E. San Salvador, Hort.). A much-branched shrub: branches 4-angled, spine- shields triangular-rounded, small, 3-5 lines apart. S.W. Morocco.—This species yields the euphorbium gum of the ancients.
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| name = ''Euphorbia resinifera''
 
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| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
 
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| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
 
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| ordo = [[Malpighiales]]
 
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| familia = [[Euphorbiaceae]]
 
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| genus = ''[[Euphorbia]]''
 
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| species = '''''E. resinifera'''''
 
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| binomial = ''Euphorbia resinifera''
 
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'''''Euphorbia resinifera''''' ('''Resin spurge''') is a species of [[Euphorbia|spurge]] native to [[Morocco]], where it occurs on the slopes of the [[Atlas Mountains]].<ref name="rhs">Huxley, A, ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening''. ISBN 0-333-47494-5</ref>
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It is a [[shrub]] growing to 60 cm tall, forming multi-stemmed cushion-shaped clumps up to 2 m wide. The stems are erect, [[succulent]], superficially like a [[cactus]] (an example of [[convergent evolution]] in a similar semi-desert climate), four-angled, with short but sharp pairs of 6 mm spines on the angles, spaced about 1 cm apart up the stem.<ref name="rhs"/>
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==Species==
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It is similar to its relative ''[[Euphorbia echinus]]'', which occurs on the [[Morocco|Moroccan]] coast and the [[Canary Island]]s.
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It contains a high concentration of [[resiniferatoxin]] and is being used to develop a novel and powerful class of [[analgesic]]s.<ref>Appendino, G. & Szallasi, A. (1997) Euphorbium: Modern research on its active principle, resiniferatoxin, revives an ancient medicine. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0024-3205(96)00567-X]</ref>
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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[[Image:Koeh-059.jpg|thumb|left|19th century illustration]]
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
  
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Latest revision as of 18:51, 1 October 2009


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Plant Characteristics
Origin: ✈ ?
Cultivation
Exposure: ☼ ?"?" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property.
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Scientific Names

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Read about Euphorbia resinifera in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Euphorbia resinifera, Berg (E. San Salvador, Hort.). A much-branched shrub: branches 4-angled, spine- shields triangular-rounded, small, 3-5 lines apart. S.W. Morocco.—This species yields the euphorbium gum of the ancients. CH


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