What is Crown of thorns (plant)?
{{Taxobox | status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1 | image = Euphorbia Milii flowers.jpg | image_width = 250px | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Malpighiales]] | familia = [[Euphorbiaceae]] | genus = ''[[Euphorbia]]'' | species = '''''E. milii''''' | binomial = ''Euphorbia milii'' | binomial_authority = [[Desmoul.]] }} The '''crown of thorns''' (also known as '''Christ plant,''' or '''Christ thorn,''' called '''Corona de Cristo in [[Latin America]]''') is a woody, [[Succulent plant|succulent]] [[species]] of Euphorbia native to [[Madagascar]]. The species name commemorates [[Baron Milius]], once governor of [[Réunion]], who introduced the species to [[France]] in [[1821]]. It is suspected that the species was introduced to the [[Middle East]] in ancient times, and legend associates it with the [[crown of thorns]] worn by [[Jesus]]. {{biology-stub}} {{Commons|Euphorbia milii}} [[category:Euphorbiaceae]]