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[J.M. Garg]

Decorative plant seen at Sanjeevaiah Park in Hyderabad, AP.
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[Kenneth Greby]

This is a Crown-of-Thorns hybrid, Euphorbia milii. There are dozens of cultivars. Regards-- Ken Greby Palmetto Bay, Florida USA --- On Tue, 10/14/08, J.M. Garg <jmg...@gmail.com> wrote:

[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Ken ji.

 

Here are some extracts from Wikipedia link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphorbia_milii

Euphorbia milii (Crown-of-thorns or Christ Plant) is a species of Euphorbia native to Madagascar.

It is a succulent climbing shrub growing to 1.8 m tall, with densely spiny stems, the straight, slender spines up to 3 cm long, which help it scramble over other plants. The leaves are obovate, up to 3.5 cm long and 1.5 cm broad. The flowers are small, subtended by a pair of conspicuous petal-like bracts, variably red, pink or white, up to 12 mm broad.^[1]

It is a variable species, and several varieties have been described; some of these are treated as distinct species by some authors

Here is another link for details:http://www.wanapluk.com/crown-of-thorns-plant/