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Common names: | Australian bottle plant (English) White rhubarb (English) | |
Description: | Glabrous eglandular shrub to 2 m; stem swollen at the base. Latex watery. Leaves long-petiolate, peltate; lamina 3-5-lobed, green above, paler beneath; lobes entire. Inflorescence a dense corymb. Petals scarlet. Fruit 3-lobed. | |
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Worldwide distribution: | Native to C America; widely cultivated in the tropics. | |
Growth form(s): | Shrub under 2 m. | |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species | |
Literature: |
Radcliffe-Smith, A. (1996). Euphorbiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(4) Pages 261 - 262. |
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