Pencil Cactus - TheLiving Encyclopedia

Pencil cactus may refer to:Cylindropuntia leptocaulis, a cactus native to the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico Euphorbia tirucalli, a shrub or small tree with pencil-thick succulent branches that is native to most of Africa and as well as parts of the Arabian Peninsula

Quick Facts

Common Names:

Pencil Cactus, Fire Stick, False Caper, Ingotsha, Rubber euphorbia, Rubber hedge plant, Indiantree spurge, rubber-hedge euphorbia, Hedge Euphorbia, Rubber Euphorbia, Rubber Milkbush, Rubber Naboom, Rubber Tree, Rubber-Hedge Euphorbia, Rubber-Hedge, Tirucalli Tree, Tirucalli-Tree

Class:

Magnoliopsida

Data Completeness:

100%

Data Sources

🌍gbif

📚itis

📖wikipedia

🔬eol

🦎inaturalist

References

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Distribution Statistics

10

Observations

10

Countries

Top Locations

Hawaii County, HI, USA

1

R72 roadside between the Chalumna River bridge and the R345 turn off, Eastern Cape, South Africa

1

Manyoni Game Reserve - Zebra Hills Lodge, South Africa

1

Amoron'i mania, MG-FI, MG

1

Diana, MG-AS, MG

1

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First: 12/12/2015 · Latest: 11/1/2022