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Resin spurge
Joey Bom, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Spurge family: cassava & rubber

Resin spurge

Euphorbia resinifera O.Berg

Names

EnglishResin spurge
Dutch—
SpanishCardón resinoso
Chinese白角麒麟
Scientific nameEuphorbia resinifera O.Berg

About this species

Euphorbia resinifera, the resin spurge, is a species of spurge native to Morocco, where it occurs on the slopes of the Atlas Mountains. The dried latex of the plant was used in ancient medicine. It contains resiniferatoxin, an extremely potent capsaicin analog tested as an analgesic since 1997.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderMalpighiales
FamilyEuphorbiaceae
GenusEuphorbia

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