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Plumeria or Euphorbia or something else?
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Posted by goldhills via Gympie, Qld (My Page) on Wed, Dec 14, 05 at 23:38
| We are trying to identify a shrub but I am unable to take a photo at the moment so I will try and describe it and post a photo when I get my camera back in a day or two.
I'm inclined to think it is a type of euphorbia but a friend of ours who used to be in the nursery industry thinks it could be a type of plumeria. I have tried googling them but there are so many types and not many photos.
The plant is fairly bushy and I have seen it to about 3m high but that was in part shade, ours is bushier and shorter but in full sun. Leaf shape is similar to frangipani but a little thicker, lighter and not as glossy, and softer to touch. Stems look like a frangipani but maybe slightly thinner . It has a milky sap. The flowers are reddish and small, and on the end of stalks(?). The flowers remind me of euphorbia but the leaves/stems look like plumeria.
Anyone have any ideas? |
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RE: Plumeria or Euphorbia or something else?
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Just a shot in the dark, but Euphorbia leuconeura (Madagascar jewel) has leaves a lot like a Plumeria.
Cheers,
Dee. |
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Forget that!! I didn't notice the part about red flowers. It can't be that one. Sorry!
Cheers,
Dee. |
RE: Plumeria or Euphorbia or something else?
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| Try a Google image search on Synadenium. |
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Here's a link which may prove useful (or not). The two pictures on the right of the page can be clicked on for enlarging.
Cheers,
Dee |
Here is a link that might be useful: Synadenium grantii
RE: Plumeria or Euphorbia or something else?
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| What about a Megaskepasma erythrochlamys a.k.a. Brazilian Red Cloak? |
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| It's definitely not Megaskepasma erythrochlamys, Annie, though thanks for trying. Looks more like Synadenium, checked out the link Dee and certainly looks similar, has me worried though with the big poisonous warnings all over the page. Thanks Tony and Dee. I managed to get my camera back (it has been at work as my husband wanted some photos of work stuff) so took these photos. Not flowering at the moment so can't include the flowers. 
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RE: Plumeria or Euphorbia or something else?
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| Yes - it is definately a Synadenium grantii. Makes a great drought hardy screen plant if placed away from walkways and in the back of a shrubbery. Also known as african milkbush. Nearly all milky sapped plants are poisonous, so it comes back to who/what is in your garden and likely to eat/handle the plant. Robyn |
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| Thanks Robyn, Tony, Dee and Annie. I don't particularly like the plant but my husband likes it. I might be able to use the fact that it is poisonous to get rid of it. I will admit it is tough but is also hard to get rid of pieces. We trimmed it last year and put the pieces in a pile to die. After several months and spraying with glyphophate several times, the prunings eventually died. |
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| I had these in my garden when I moved in. I was going to keep them as a screen, but they got really straggly at times and they grow like a real weed. I think where ever a branch touches the gound you get a new plant. It was quite hard to kill too, if I remember correctly. Avoid the sap - it is really hard to clean off. I did trim the plant back and it bushed up - but in the end, it had to go. I don't like it either. |
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