Species · genus Euphorbia · Euphorbiaceae

Resin Spurge

Euphorbia resinifera O.Berg

Also known as: African Spurge

Growth habit

succulent subshrub or shrub

Native range

Morocco

Euphorbia resinifera — reference photo — Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain

Cultivars of E. resinifera

The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.

No named cultivars catalogued under E. resinifera yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

The species-level account. Cultivar pages build on this and say where they differ.

Resin Spurge, Briefly

Euphorbia resinifera, known as resin spurge, is a succulent shrub in the spurge family. The RHS lists it plainly as a euphorbia grown for its distinctive succulent form rather than for flowers.

Source: RHS

A Moroccan Native

This species comes from Morocco, where it grows as a succulent subshrub or shrub in the subtropical biome. It has since been introduced into Spain as well.

Source: Kew

Milky Sap, Cupped Bracts

As a member of the genus Euphorbia, resin spurge carries the family traits of milky sap and small flowers held within cupped, often colourful bracts. Euphorbias in this genus range from annuals and perennials to shrubs and succulents, and this species falls firmly on the succulent shrub side of that spectrum.

Source: RHS

Care recipe

The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.

Care notes are early — not yet verified

Light: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Water: ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 14-28d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil: ai:claude-fable-5
Care: ai:claude-fable-5

Light

Direct sun

Water

≈ every 28 days

Humidity

Low — average room

Temperature

13–30 °C

Soil mix

Very gritty, fast-draining cactus mix

Propagation

Stem cuttings, callused before potting

Fertilizing

Dilute cactus feed once or twice in summer

Growth rate

Slow

Flowering

Small yellow-green cyathia; uncommon indoors

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Toxic to cats & dogs & humans

Euphorbiaceae produce a caustic, irritant milky latex that can burn skin and eyes and is harmful if ingested. This is where toxicity lives: every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.

Reference images

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Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain

Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 14-28d) · ai:claude-fable-5 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (family inference)

Kept true by its growers

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