Plant Details

Accepted name:: Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. ex Klotzsch [Euphorbiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
christmas flower	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
christmas-flower	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
christmas-star	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
denok	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
eufobia natal	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
flor de pascua	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
flor-de-papagaio	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
folha-de-sangue	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
godong racun	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
halabakabu	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
hekaphekwa	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kastuba	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lalmapha	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
lalpate	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
lalpate mhendo	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
lalpatta	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
lalpatya	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
lalpote	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
lalupate	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
lobster flower	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lobsterplant	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
lopahirarip	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
lǎo lái jiāo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mexican flameleaf	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
noche buena	Other	Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017)
nochebuena	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
olat	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
painted leaf	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
paintedleaf	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pancheti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
papagaio	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pascuas	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pascuero	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
poinsetia	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
poinsetiya	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
poinsettia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
poinsétia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
puring benggala	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shèng dàn shù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
xīng xīng mù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yi ping hong	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yè shàng huā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yè xiàng huā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yī piàn hóng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yī pǐn hóng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
zhuàng yuán hóng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
一品紅	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
一品红	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
一片紅	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
叶上花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
圣诞树	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
狀元紅	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
猩猩木	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
老来娇	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
聖誕樹	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
葉上花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
葉象花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Flowers, Leaves		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
entire plant		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
whole plant		Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 19 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Euphorbia fastuosa Sessé & Moc. Naturaleza (Mexico City), ser. 2, 1(App.): 81 (1888).
Poinsettia pulcherrima (Willd. ex Klotzsch) Graham Edinburgh New Philos. J. 20: 412 (1836).
Euphorbia coccinea Raf. Atlantic J. 1: 182 (1833), nom. provis.
Euphorbia diversifolia Willd. ex Boiss. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 71 (1862), pro syn.
Euphorbia erithrophylla Bertol. Nuovi Ann. Sci. Nat. 1: 414 (1838).
Euphorbia lutea Alam. ex Boiss. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 72 (1862), pro syn.
Euphorbia poinsettiana Buist ex Graham Edinburgh New Philos. J. 20: 412 (1836), pro syn.
Euphorbia poinsettii Raf. Atlantic J. 1: 182 (1833), nom. provis.
Euphorbia pulcherrima f. lutea Standl. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 22: 151 (1940).
Pleuradena coccinea Raf. Atlantic J. 1: 182 (1833).
Poinsettia ignescens Van Geert Nursery Cat. (Auguste Van Geert) 83: 20 (1882).
Poinsettia mirabilis Van Geert Nursery Cat. (Auguste Van Geert) 83: 20 (1882).
Poinsettia pulcherrima var. albida Maund Botanist 2: t. 70 (1838).
Poinsettia pulcherrima var. major H.J.Veitch Gard. Chron. 1872: 1626 (1872).
Poinsettia pulcherrima var. plena Hovey Nursery Cat. (Hovey & co.) 1882: 13 (1882).
Poinsettia pulcherrima var. plenissima H.J.Veitch Gard. Chron., n.s., 4: 782 (1875).
Poinsettia pulcherrima var. rosea-carminata Dombrain Fl. Mag. (London), n.s., 12: t. 68 (1873).
Poinsettia pulcherrima var. roseocarminata W.Bull Nursery Cat. (William Bull) 68: 9 (1873).
Poinsettia variabilis Van Geert Nursery Cat. (Auguste Van Geert) 83: 21 (1882).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Euphorbia fastuosa Sesse & Mocino	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Euphorbia pulcherrima	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Euphorbia pulcherrima Will. Et Klotzsh.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd.	Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. Ex Klotzsch	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. ex Klot.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. ex Klotzsch	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Euphorbia pulcherrima Willdenow	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Euphorbia pulcherrima Willdenow ex Klotzsch	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Euphorbia pulcherrima willd.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Poinsettia pulcherrima Graham	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Poinsettia pulcherrima R. Grah.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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