Common name: Candelilla
Family: Euphorbiaceae
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Country of Origin: southwestern USA, northern Mexico
Description:
Uses: Formerly used as a source of wax for candles and as a folk medicine for syphilis. Plants are used as an ornamental in xeriscaping, and there is limited modern usage of waxes for food and cosmetics.
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Source: Smith College
Provenance:
Plant from Smith College acquired March 16 2022
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Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: eurosid I
- Order: Malpighiales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Euphorbiaceae
- SubFamily: Euphorbioideae
- Tribe: Euphorbieae
- SubTribe: Euphorbiinae
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