Euphorbia dendroides
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|species = dendroides
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|status = LC
|status_system = IUCN3.1
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Euphorbia dendroides, also known as tree spurge, is a small tree or large shrub of the family Euphorbiaceae that grows in semi-arid and mediterranean climates.
Distribution and habitat
Euphorbia dendroides has a wide distribution throughout the Mediterranean region, from Morocco and the Balearic Islands in the west to Syria, Jordan and Egypt in the east in Europe, southwest Asia, and North Africa.{{cite web | title=Plants of the World Online | website=Plants of the World Online | url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn%3Alsid%3Aipni.org%3Anames%3A346252-1 | access-date=2025-01-24}}{{cite web |title=Euphorbia dendroides |url=http://www.floraiberica.es/floraiberica/texto/pdfs/08_108_06%20Euphorbia.pdf |publisher=Flora Iberica |access-date=30 March 2021}} This plant is sensitive to frost, so it only grows on protected and sunny mountainsides in hilly areas. It has been introduced to other countries out of its original range as an ornamental tree.
Description
This bush also has uses in traditional medicine; like many other species of genus Euphorbia[http://www.botanical-online.com/alcaloideseuphorbiacatala.htm Lletereses] its toxic white and sticky sap has been used to treat skin excrescences, like cancers, tumors, and warts since ancient times.
Gallery
File:Flore coloriée de poche du littoral méditerranéen de Gênes à Barcelone y compris la Corse (6244468168).jpg|Flora illustration
File:Euforbia dendroides01.jpg|Vegetative part
File:Euphorbia dendroides4 ies.jpg|Detail of the leaves
File:Euphorbia dendroides Zingaro 0054.JPG|Global shape with flowers
File:Ota Porto euphorbe arborescent.jpg|Detail of the flowers
File:Euphorbia dendroides kz1.JPG|Capsule
References
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Category:Plants described in 1753
Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
Category:Flora of the Mediterranean basin
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