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3 Downy Senna - Senna multiglandulosa -
4 Siempreviva de Famara - Limonium puberulum -
1 Launaea arborescens -
2 Launaea arborescens -
3 Flower of Euphorbia regis-jubae - Tabaiba morisca -
4 Euphorbia regis-jubae -
2 Wooly torch - Cleistocactus strausii -
5 Bryophyllum fedtschenkoi -
4 Tomillo morisco - Frankenia ericifolia -
3 Balsam Spurge, Sweet tabaiba - Euphorbia balsamifera - Flower detail -
2 Fruits of Euphorbia balsamifera (Balsam Spurge, Sweet tabaiba) -
![Balsam Spurge, Sweet tabaiba - Euphorbia balsamifera Emblematic of Lanzarote, seen close to Cueva de Los Verdes. In Spanish. tabaiba dulce.
Interesting uses:
Wikipedia <<...Milky latex of Euphorbia balsamifera is poisonous like in other Euphorbia species, but it is not so caustic. It is widely used[where?] in dentistry as anesthesia for acute dental pulpitis treatment...The leaves were formerly eaten by herders and their families in Oman at the beginning of the monsoon, for at this time there would be very little to eat otherwise. The leaves were also gathered and cooked as a green vegetable in the Canary Islands...>>
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/88181/fruits_of_euphorbia_balsamifera_balsam_spurge_sweet_tabaiba.html
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/88182/balsam_spurge_sweet_tabaiba_-_euphorbia_balsamifera_-_flower_detail.html
Euphorbia balsamifera,Geotagged,Spain,Spring](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2298/88179_small.JPG?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1769040010&Signature=CplfzHeIhFoRRfL7Yob5f9rJgi8%3D)
3 Balsam Spurge, Sweet tabaiba - Euphorbia balsamifera -
3 Cardon - Euphorbia canariensis -
5 Cardon - Euphorbia canariensis -
2 Lanzarote Giant Houseleek - Aeonium lancerottense -
5 Squat Lobster - Munidopsis polymorpha -
4 Golden Barrel Cactus - Echinocactus grusonii -
4 Golden Barrel Cactus - Echinocactus grusonii -
2 Golden Barrel Cactus - Echinocactus grusonii -
6 Atlantic lizard -Gallotia atlantica -
2 Berthelot's pipit - Anthus berthelotii -
2 Rose-ringed parakeet - Psittacula krameri -
2 Rose-ringed parakeet - Psittacula krameri -
2 Rose-ringed parakeet - Psittacula krameri
Patomarazul
I am a molecular cell biologist and my husband, Mark, is a Security IT. We love sharing pictures from our trips and ventures into nature.
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