| General Description | A large branched 'shrub or even tree' with a broad crown and woody base occasionally up to 20 m tall. |
| Propagation | Euphorbia can be grown from seed, but it is usually propagated by cuttings. |
| Cultivation | Grow in well-draining soil and lots of sunlight. |
| Pests | Powdery mildew, root rot, and mealy bugs. |
| Notable Specimens | Harry P. Leu Gardens, Orlando, Florida, United States of America. |
| Habitat | Spiny forest in arid regions of south-west of Madagascar or on rocks and inselbergs of the Central Highland Plateau. |
| Bark/Stem Description | It grows upward at first but as it adds branches the plants sprawl laterally forming a large irregular mass. Main trunk and branches roundish with papery bark, often shooting from the base, irregularly branched. |
| Leaf Description | Ephemeral, ovate, 6 x 4 mm, minute only persisting for a short while on young growth and soon deciduous. Petiole 1 mm long. |
| Flower Description | About 4 mm in diameter, unisexual, yellowish, hairy, inconspicuous arranged in small clustered cymes at the tip of the branches. |
| Fruit Description | Oblong, 5 x 3 mm, white caruncle. |
| Texture Description | It is almost leafless and one of the few species with fleshy, flat, ribbon-like shoots. |
