HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Euphorbia pulcherrima, commonly called poinsettia, is a scraggly, deciduous to semi-evergreen shrub or small tree native to the Pacific slope region of Mexico and Guatemala where it is found in coastal and mid-elevation, seasonally dry tropical forests. Mature plants will reach up to 12’ with an 8’ spread.

Detailed explanation-2: -Poinsettias are part of the Euphorbiaceae or Spurge family. Botanically, the plant is known as Euphorbia pulcherrima. In Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs, the Poinsettia was called Cuitlaxochitl (from cuitlatl, for residue, and xochitl, for flower), meaning “flower that grows in residues or soil."