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The poinsettia (/p??n's?ti?/ or /p??n's?t?/) (Euphorbia pulcherrima) is a commercially important vegetable kinds of the diverse spurge family. The kinds is indigenous to Mexico. It is especially popular because of its red and green foliage and it is trusted in Xmas floral displays. It derives its common English name from Joel Roberts Poinsett,[3] the first United States Minister to Mexico,[4] who introduced the plant to the US in 1825.

Euphorbia pulcherrima is a shrub or small tree, typically getting a elevation of 0.6-4 metres (2 ft 0 in-13 ft 1 in). The place bears dark green dentate leaves that solution 7-16 centimetres (2.8-6.3 in) in length. The shaded bracts--which are most flaming red but can be orange often, pale green, cream, green, white, or marbled--are often recognised incorrectly as bloom petals for their groupings and colors, but are leaves actually.[citation needed] The colors of the bracts are created through photoperiodism, and therefore they might need darkness (12 hours at the same time for at least five days in a row) to change color. At the same time, the crops require abundant light throughout the day for the brightest color. The flowers of the poinsettia are unassuming , nor attract pollinators. These are grouped within small yellowish structures within the center of each leaf bunch, and are called cyathia. The poinsettia is indigenous to Mexico. It is within the outdoors in deciduous exotic forests at modest elevations from southern Sinaloa down the complete Pacific coast of Mexico to Chiapas and Guatemala. It is also found in the inside in the hot, seasonally dry out forests of Guerrero, Oaxaca, and Chiapas. Accounts of E. pulcherrima growing in the open in Costa and Nicaragua Rica have yet to be affirmed by botanists. There are over 100 cultivated types of poinsettia.

The plant was used by the Aztecs to produce red dye and as an antipyretic medication. In Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs, the plant is named Cuitlaxochitl, meaning "flower that grows in residues or soil" Today it is known in Mexico and Guatemala as Flor de Noche Buena, meaning Christmas Eve Flower. In Spain it is known as Flor de Pascua or Pascua, signifying Easter flower. In Peru and Chile, the flower became known as Crown of the Andes. In Turkey, it is named Atat?rk's blossom because Atat?rk, the creator of the Republic, liked this blossom and made a substantial contribution to its cultivation in Turkey.[citation needed] In Hungarian, it is called Santa Claus' Blossom, and it's widely used as a Christmas decoration.

The plant's association with Christmas started out in 16th-century Mexico, where legend tells of a girl, called Pepita or Maria commonly, who was simply too poor to give a surprise for the special event of Jesus' birthday and was influenced by an angel to assemble weeds from the roadside and place them before the church altar. Crimson blossoms sprouted from the weeds and became beautiful poinsettias. From the 17th century, Franciscan friars in Mexico included the vegetation in their Xmas activities. The star-shaped leaf structure is said to symbolize the Celebrity of Bethlehem, and the red color represents the blood sacrifice through the crucifixion of Jesus. Poinsettias are popular Holiday adornments in homes, churches, office buildings, and elsewhere across THE UNITED STATES. They are available in good sized quantities from grocery, drug, and hardware stores. In the United States, Dec 12 is National Poinsettia Day.

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