Euphorbia cotinifolia
Euphorbia cotinifolia · also Smoketree spurge, Tropical smoke bush, Caribbean copper plant
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Euphorbia cotinifolia is a broadleaf evergreen shrub that can be grown as a small tree, featuring rounded, deep wine-red leaves. It produces small, inconspicuous white flowers in summer. The plant's purplish stems exude a milky white sap that can be a skin irritant, an important consideration for urban planting.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 410.00%——
- 400.01%—7.1 in
No city in this list records planting dates for this species, so age is blank throughout.
Traits
- Form
- Broadleaf
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 10–30 ft
- Canopy spread
- 10–15 ft
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Drought tolerance
- Moderate
- Blooms
- Jun, Jul, Aug
Trunk diameters across every city: median 7.1 in, mean 7.3 in, 90th percentile 12 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Tropical & Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
- Central American dry forests
- Southern Pacific dry forests
Other Euphorbia in the catalogue
5 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
