"dave @ stejonda" wrote in message
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I found this on the BBC News www-site. I don't know whether it grows
outside here but someone in urg might be growing it.

** Plant sap 'causes cancer' **
The sticky sap of the African milkbush [Euphorbia tirucalli] may be an
important cause of Burkitt's lymphoma - the most common childhood cancer
in much of Africa.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/1/h...th/3024051.stm

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dave @ stejonda

I treat most Euphorbia with great respect having seen how quickly just a
couple of drops of sap in the water can kill fish!
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Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs)