EUPHORBIA GORGONIS

The genera name; Euphorbia dates back to the first century BC, where King Juba II of Mauritania used it in a reference to his doctor, Euphorbos, and that name was kept as a generic name by Carl von Linnaeus. The species name from Latin; 'of the Gorgon', for the Medusoid growth form. Photo by Laurent Houmeau. The flowers by Indra Susandi.