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The Spurges

The genus Euphorbia includes about two thousand species scattered throughout the whole earth surface; many of them are widespread in the dry and desert tropical and subtropical African regions.
The spurges present a great morphological diversity: herbs, shrubs, but also succulent plants. The aspect of the latter reminds the cacti of the American deserts: columnar or globular trunks, smooth or tubercolate trunks, the leaves reduced, rarefied or transformed into thorns.
The flowers are small, wrapped up by glands, gathered in characteristic inflorescences called "ciazi". Sometimes there are multicolored and showy leaf bracts making evident this unusual flower complex.
The spurges are known since ancient times (since 500 BC) for the medicinal, caustic, and poisonous properties of the latex.

Province: Imperia Region: Liguria
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