PATAH TULANG PLANT (Euphorbia Tiru Calli L.)

Scientific Name: Euphorbia tirucalli L.

Common Name: Pencil Cactus, Patah Tulang

Family: Euphorbiaceae

Euphorbia tirucalli, pencil tree, or milk bush is a shrub that grows in semi-arid tropical climates. Milk bush produces a poisonous latex which can, with little effort, be converted to the equivalent of gasoline. Milk bush also has uses in traditional medicine in many cultures. It has been used to treat cancers, excrescences, tumors, and warts in such diverse places as Brazil, India, Indonesia, Malabar and Malaysia. It has also been used as an application for asthma, cough, earache, neuralgia, rheumatism, toothache, and warts in India. There is some interest in milk bush as a cancer treatment.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphorbia_tirucalli