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Euphorbia tirucalli

‘Āmangamanga (MK)

Skeleton Tree

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Skeleton Tree, Pencil Tree, Pencil Bush, Milk Bush, Finger Tree, Tirucalli

TRADITIONAL NAMES: ‘Āmangamanga (MK)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Not naturalised; Land, lowlands

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Ornamental Stems

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present    Makatea: Present
RR 
MG
AT
MK
MT
AK
PL
TK
MN
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Northern Group:
TN 
MH
RK
PK
NS
SW
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Scientific Taxonomy

Euphorbia tirucalli Linnaeus
TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); MAGNOLIOPSIDA (=Dicotyledones); ROSIDAE; Euphorbiales; EUPHORBIACEAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Pukapuka: fieldspecimen, 2/2004, G.McCormack with ID as Euphorbia tirucalli.

References:
p.517 Neal - In Gardens of Hawaii
p.422 Tropica
p.2/571 A.C.Smith - Flora Vitiensis Nova

Data Update History (information):
zB02

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org. Copy citation to system clipboard
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