Euphorbia tirucalli
Euphorbia tirucalli L.
| Ordre | Malpighiales |
|---|---|
| Famille | Euphorbiaceae |
| Genre | Euphorbia |
2n =
Origine : Afrique tropicale
sauvage ou cultivé
| Français | ' |
|---|---|
| Anglais | ' |
- ornemental
- bois d'œuvre
- charbon de bois
- planté en haies
- latex : caoutchouc
- médicinal : pousses, racine, latex
- poison de pêche
Sommaire
Description
Noms populaires
| français | euphorbe effilée, tirucalli (PROTA) |
| anglais | finger tree, finger euphorbia, petroleum plant, pencil tree, rubber hedge euphorbia, rubber euphorbia, African milkbush (PROTA) |
| espagnol | consuelda ; disciplinilla (Cuba) (Mansfeld) |
| portugais | almeidinha (latex séché), cassoneira, aveloz (PROTA) |
| swahili | mtupa mwitu, malangili, mwasi, mchakaazi, mtovua macho (PROTA) |
| sanscrit | trikantaka, vajradruma (Mansfeld) |
| hindi | कोनपाल सेहुनड - konpal sehund (Mansfeld) |
| Philippines | bali-bali (Panay bisaya), suelda-con-suelda (bikol), suerda (tagalog) (PROSEA) |
| Indonésie | patah tulang (général), kayu urip, tikel balung (javanais) (PROSEA) |
| Malaysia | kayu patah tulang, tulang-tulang, tentulang (péninsule) (PROSEA) |
| Thaïlande | khia cheen, khia thian, phayaa rai bai (nord) (PROSEA) |
| Vietnam | xương cá, cây xương khô, san hô xanh (PROSEA) |
| Laos | 'khi2hai bai (PROSEA) |
Classification
Euphorbia tirucalli L. (1753)
Cultivars
Histoire
Usages
Often grown as a hedge for the protection of plant cultures from animals and wind, also planted as fence for meadows. The wood is utilized for the production of veneer and toys as well as of charcoal for preparing gunpowder and fireworks. It has been reported, that the plant produces a carcinogen, also found in the vegetables and drinking water of the adjacent soil. The latex of the plant furnishes a rubber, rich in resin. The shoots, roots, and latex serve medicinal purposes. The plant and its latex are also used to stupefy fishes. In the southern USA and Okinawa it has been experimentally cultivated for the extraction of oil from the latex.
Références
- Bekele-Tesemma, Azene, 2007. Useful trees and shrubs for Ethiopia. Identification, propagation and management for 17 agroclimatic zones. Nairobi, ICRAF - RELMA. 550 p. (Technical Manual 6). Voir l'article
- Rollet, Bernard et coll., 2010. Arbres des Petites Antilles. Tome 1 : Introduction à la dendrologie. 276 p. Tome 2 : Description des espèces. 866 p. + 46 pl. coul. + CD de photos sur l'anatomie du bois. Basse-Terre, ONF. Voir sur Pl@ntUse.
