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[[Image:Cactus tronc kourou.jpg|thumb|left|300px|[[Euphorbia lactea]] in [[Kourou]], French Guiana.]]
{{Taxobox
| name = ''Euphorbia lactea''
| image = E lactea ies.jpg
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| subclassis = [[Rosidae]]
| unranked_ordo = [[Eurosids I]]
| ordo = [[Ericales]]
| ordo = [[Malpighiales]]
| familia = [[Euphorbiaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Euphorbioideae]]
| tribus = [[Euphorbieae]]
| subtribus = [[Euphorbiinae]]
| genus = ''[[Euphorbia]]''
| species = '''''E. lactea'''''
| binomial = ''Euphorbia lactea''
| binomial_authority = [[Adrian Hardy Haworth|Haw.]]
}}
'''''Euphorbia lactea''''' ('''Mottled Spurge''', '''Frilled Fan''' or '''Elkhorn''') is a species of [[Euphorbia|spurge]] native to tropical [[Asia]], mainly in [[India]].<ref name=grin>Germplasm Resources Information Network: [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?418390 ''Euphorbia lactea'']</ref><ref name=rhs>Huxley, A, ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening''. ISBN 0-333-47494-5</ref>
It is an erect [[shrub]] growing up to 5 m tall, with [[succulent]] branches 3-5 cm diameter, ridged, with a triangular or rhombic cross-section; the ridges are spiny, with short spines up to 5 mm long. The [[leaf|leaves]] are minute, and soon [[deciduous]].<ref name=rhs/> All parts of the plant contain a [[poison]]ous milky [[latex]].<ref>Poisonous plants: [http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/poison/Euphola.htm ''Euphorbia lactea'']</ref>
It is used medicinally in [[India]].<ref>Plant of the Week.org [http://www.plantoftheweek.org/week113.shtml ''Euphorbia lactea'']</ref> It is widely grown as an [[ornamental plant]], both in the tropics, and as a [[houseplant]] in temperate regions; a number of [[cultivar]]s have been selected for ornamental use, notably 'Cristata' with frilled branching.<ref name=rhs/><ref>Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk: [http://www.hear.org/Pier/species/euphorbia_lactea.htm ''Euphorbia lactea'']</ref> Other colloquial names include Candelabra spurge, Candelabrum tree, Candelabra cactus, Candelabra plant, Dragon bones, False cactus, Hatrack cactus, Milkstripe euphorbia, Mottled candlestick.
==References==
<References/>
{{Commons}}
[[Category:Euphorbia]]
{{Euphorbia-stub}}
{{Taxobox
| name = ''Euphorbia lactea''
| image = E lactea ies.jpg
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| subclassis = [[Rosidae]]
| unranked_ordo = [[Eurosids I]]
| ordo = [[Ericales]]
| ordo = [[Malpighiales]]
| familia = [[Euphorbiaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Euphorbioideae]]
| tribus = [[Euphorbieae]]
| subtribus = [[Euphorbiinae]]
| genus = ''[[Euphorbia]]''
| species = '''''E. lactea'''''
| binomial = ''Euphorbia lactea''
| binomial_authority = [[Adrian Hardy Haworth|Haw.]]
}}
'''''Euphorbia lactea''''' ('''Mottled Spurge''', '''Frilled Fan''' or '''Elkhorn''') is a species of [[Euphorbia|spurge]] native to tropical [[Asia]], mainly in [[India]].<ref name=grin>Germplasm Resources Information Network: [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?418390 ''Euphorbia lactea'']</ref><ref name=rhs>Huxley, A, ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening''. ISBN 0-333-47494-5</ref>
It is an erect [[shrub]] growing up to 5 m tall, with [[succulent]] branches 3-5 cm diameter, ridged, with a triangular or rhombic cross-section; the ridges are spiny, with short spines up to 5 mm long. The [[leaf|leaves]] are minute, and soon [[deciduous]].<ref name=rhs/> All parts of the plant contain a [[poison]]ous milky [[latex]].<ref>Poisonous plants: [http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/poison/Euphola.htm ''Euphorbia lactea'']</ref>
It is used medicinally in [[India]].<ref>Plant of the Week.org [http://www.plantoftheweek.org/week113.shtml ''Euphorbia lactea'']</ref> It is widely grown as an [[ornamental plant]], both in the tropics, and as a [[houseplant]] in temperate regions; a number of [[cultivar]]s have been selected for ornamental use, notably 'Cristata' with frilled branching.<ref name=rhs/><ref>Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk: [http://www.hear.org/Pier/species/euphorbia_lactea.htm ''Euphorbia lactea'']</ref> Other colloquial names include Candelabra spurge, Candelabrum tree, Candelabra cactus, Candelabra plant, Dragon bones, False cactus, Hatrack cactus, Milkstripe euphorbia, Mottled candlestick.
==References==
<References/>
{{Commons}}
[[Category:Euphorbia]]
{{Euphorbia-stub}}
