Description: Euphorbia hermentiana is a tender, evergreen, succulent succulent plant .The stems have three wing-like angles and carry short, sharp spines as well as leaves. Eventually the plant grows into a densely and compactly branched erect shrub or small tree of two metres or more.

THIS IS A SOFT SKIN AND WIDE STEMMED CULTIVAR MUCH FAVOURED FOR GRAFTING. This is an all Green plant unlike the common E trigona which has light and dark shade patterns on the stem.

Derivation of specific name: Also called E trigona in allusion to the triangular branches.
Stem: Strictly erect, closely packed, 3-to 4-angled, 4-6 cm in diameter, indistinctly constricted into oblong segments to 10-25 cm long, 4-6 cm in diameter more or less woody at the base of the plant.