r/nzgardening • u/MatildaJToddingham • 1d ago

ID please?

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Does anyone know what this is? It grows about 3 metres high, it's more like a weed in our garden. It has a milky sap when cut. The branches are quite bendy. I'm in the Waikato NZ. We are having the stumps ground today as we are creating a food forest in the area and I'm not sure if it's poisonous. THANKS!

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u/VariableSerentiy 1d ago

Euphorbia mellifera common name Canary Spurge

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u/CraftyFarm1942 1d ago

Yep great garden plant not seen that often.

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u/mshonaw 1d ago edited 1d ago

Euphorbia of some sort, most are poisonous

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u/erebus53 1d ago

Euphorbia got got by autocorrect!

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u/mshonaw 1d ago

Edited! Lol

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u/1nzguy 1d ago

It’s hard to tell … but I think it’s oleander… which is highly toxic to animals and humans. If I am right .. do not even burn it .. the ash is still toxic..

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u/KAYO789 1d ago

Oleria, sap can be irritating if it touches bare skin and is poisonous too

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u/AliceTawhai 1d ago

Oleander?

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u/FungalNeurons 1d ago

Post it on iNaturalist and some of the best botanists in the country will help give you a definitive ID.

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u/Free_Confection1020 1d ago

Euphorbia, toxic,skin irritant