What is the plant of Tongta wood

1. Stem characteristics

The height of the euphorbia pulcherrima is generally 1 to 3.5 meters, with a thick stem without branches. When the plant is young, its surface is densely covered with yellow star-shaped hairs. It has large, white, papery stems, dark brown, slightly wrinkled bark, and light brown or yellowish brown new growth with prominent leaf scars and large lenticels.

2. Leaf characteristics

The leaves of the tree are large, alternate, and usually clustered at the top of the stem. The petioles are thick, cylindrical, about 30 to 50 cm long. The stipules are membranous, conical, and fused to the petioles at the base, with stellate hairs. The leaves are papery or thinly leathery, with 5 to 11 palmate lobes.

3. Flower characteristics

The flowers of the genus Tongduolin are in umbels that converge into large terminal or nearly terminal compound panicles that are more than 50 cm long. The flowers have 4 petals, or sometimes 5, which are triangular-ovate in shape.