Euphorbia heterophylla var. cyathophora Location Babhnan Basti District Uttar Pradesh India

* Botanical name: Euphorbia heterophylla var. cyathophora    

* Family: Euphorbiaceae (Castor family) 

*Location - Babhnan Basti district Uttar Pradesh India

Common name: Painted Leaf Poinsettia, Summer poinsettia, Mexican Fire Plant, Painted-leaf spurge • Hindi: तितली फूल Titli phool

Botanical name: Euphorbia heterophylla var. cyathophora Family: Euphorbiaceae (Castor family)

Synonyms: Euphorbia cyathophora, Euphorbia pandurifolia, Poinsettia cyathophora

Painted Leaf Poinsettia is an erect herb which is a close cousin of the popular garden plant Poinsettia. It has green stems and grows up to 1 m tall. Laternately arranged leaves are very variable. Leaf stalks are slender, 1-4 cm long. Leaf blades are mostly fiddle-shaped with 2 or 4 obtuse or cute lobes, those of basal leaves sometimes simply ovate, entire or obscurely distantly serrate, 4-7 cm long, 1.5-3 cm wide. Uppermost leaves or bracts are blotched with red towards the base. Flowers are yellowish, with 1-2 small glands or nectaries, and occur in compact in cymes. Painted Leaf Poinsettia is native to the Americas, but is cultivated in many places, and has naturalize

By Shivam Maddhesiya