Euphorbia neriifolia

A tall, branching succulent Euphorbia with five-angled spiny stems that carry fleshy leaves only during the monsoon. In the wild it grows in dry deciduous scrub and on rocky hills across India. It needs a hot, sunny, wet summer followed by a long dry season, and it will not take frost.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Dry airBand in Plantistry

Light Full sunDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Rocky hillsides, laterite plateaus, dry deciduous scrub and village hedges in monsoonal South Asia, usually in open sun among scattered shrubs.

Mostly lowland, from 15 to about 1,040 m with a median near 120 m.

IndiaAssamBangladeshMyanmarPakistanIranVietnam

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates

✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it

✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light

✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it

✓ Substrate and airflow

✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY-SA 4.0 licence, unmodified.