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Latin name

Family

Distribution

North America distribution zone

Height

Foliage

Ecology

Use

Synonym

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Spanish name

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Trade name

Euphorbia cotinifolia L.

Euphorbiaceae

SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama) South America (tropics)

SC SE

hyg

dr pl ti tx (fruits, sap used as barbasco for catching fish, seeds being violently purgative)

Aklema cotinifolia (L.) Millsp. Aklema cotinoides (Miq.) Millsp. Alectoroctonum cotinoides Klotzsch & Garcke Euphorbia cotinoides Miq.

poisonspurge euphorbia; Mexican shrubby spurge (Puerto Rico); poison spurge

euphorbe à feuilles de fustet

barrabas (Costa Rica); carrasco; garrasbas (Costa Rica); hierba mala (Cuba, Guatemala); horla; lechera, lecherito verde (Venezuela); lechero, lechero de lindero, liberal, lorencillo (Colombia); mala mujer (Mexico); manzaliña bobo, manzanilla bobo (Netherlands Antilles); manzanillo (Colombia); mata gallina (Mexico); nacedero (Colombia); piñoncillo (Mexico); sapo (Nicaragua); trompillo (Mexico); yerba lechera (Cuba); yuquilla (Peru)

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Latin name	Euphorbia cotinifolia L.
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
Foliage	D
Ecology	hyg
Use	dr pl ti tx (fruits, sap used as barbasco for catching fish, seeds being violently purgative)
Synonym	Aklema cotinifolia (L.) Millsp. Aklema cotinoides (Miq.) Millsp. Alectoroctonum cotinoides Klotzsch & Garcke Euphorbia cotinoides Miq.
English name	poisonspurge euphorbia; Mexican shrubby spurge (Puerto Rico); poison spurge
French name	euphorbe à feuilles de fustet
Spanish name	barrabas (Costa Rica); carrasco; garrasbas (Costa Rica); hierba mala (Cuba, Guatemala); horla; lechera, lecherito verde (Venezuela); lechero, lechero de lindero, liberal, lorencillo (Colombia); mala mujer (Mexico); manzaliña bobo, manzanilla bobo (Netherlands Antilles); manzanillo (Colombia); mata gallina (Mexico); nacedero (Colombia); piñoncillo (Mexico); sapo (Nicaragua); trompillo (Mexico); yerba lechera (Cuba); yuquilla (Peru)
Other name
Trade name