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Euphorbia grandicornis
Also called Rhinothorn, Zig-zag cactus
Euphorbia grandicornis, the cow's horn plant, is a succulent plant of the Euphorbiaceae or spurge family. It is native to the KwaZulu-Natal province and the Northern Provinces of South Africa and to Mozambique and Eswatini.
The specific epithet "grandicornis" means "with large horns," and refers to the pairs of spines, which look like the horns of a bull.
It is grown as a houseplant in temperate regions.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Euphorbia grandicornis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
