[ID] Tall, kind of exotic-looking thing...

[Jason Green]

Thanks Aeshna, that's my stereotyping withdrawn! I was just thinking Wood Spurge, Sun Spurge...

[Gill Catton]

Originally Posted by aeshna5

Euphorbias can be trees in some tropical countries! They are a very diverse group from small annual weeds, a fair number of species are grown in gardens + are reasonably sized plants, the familiar Xmas Poinsettia is a Euphorbia + there are some large shrubs such as E. mellifera which I have in my garden.

I discovered this first hand when I went to Madagascar where it seemed anything from a tall and fleshy tree to a brown spikey vertical stick with a red flower of top could be a Euphorbia!