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The poinsettia (/p??n's?ti?/ or /p??n's?t?/) (Euphorbia pulcherrima) is a commercially important vegetable species of the diverse spurge family. The varieties is indigenous to Mexico. It is especially popular because of its green and red foliage and it is widely used in Holiday floral exhibits. 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 achieving a height of 0.6-4 metres (2 ft 0 in-13 ft 1 in). The seed bears dark renewable dentate leaves that measure 7-16 centimetres (2.8-6.3 in) long. The colored bracts--which are most often flaming red but can be orange, pale green, cream, red, white, or marbled--are mistaken for rose petals for their groupings and colors often, but are leaves actually.[citation needed] The colors of the bracts are manufactured through photoperiodism, and therefore they require darkness (12 hours at the same time for at least five days in a row) to improve color. At exactly the same time, the vegetation require abundant light during the full day for the brightest color. The flowers of the poinsettia are unassuming and don't attract pollinators. They are simply grouped within small yellow structures found in the center of every leaf bunch, and are called cyathia. The poinsettia is native to Mexico. It is within the crazy in deciduous tropical forests at moderate elevations from southern Sinaloa down the complete Pacific coast of Mexico to Chiapas and Guatemala. It is found in the inside in the hot also, seasonally dried out forests of Guerrero, Oaxaca, and Chiapas. Reviews of E. pulcherrima growing in the open in Costa and Nicaragua Rica have yet to be verified by botanists. You will find 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 called Cuitlaxochitl, meaning "flower that grows in residues or soil" Today it is well 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, indicating Easter flower. In Chile and Peru, 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 rose and made a substantial contribution to its cultivation in Turkey.[citation needed] In Hungarian, it is called Santa Claus' Bloom, and it's trusted as a Holiday decoration.

The plant's association with Christmas began in 16th-century Mexico, where story tells of a woman, called Pepita or Maria commonly, who was simply too poor to give a gift for the celebration of Jesus' birthday and was motivated by an angel to assemble weeds from the roadside and place them before the cathedral altar. Crimson blossoms sprouted from the weeds and became beautiful poinsettias. From the 17th century, Franciscan friars in Mexico included the crops in their Xmas festivities. The star-shaped leaf style is thought to symbolize the Star of Bethlehem, and the red colorization represents the blood vessels sacrifice through the crucifixion of Jesus. Poinsettias are popular Holiday adornments in homes, churches, offices, and elsewhere across THE UNITED STATES. They can be purchased in large numbers from grocery, drug, and hardware stores. In america, December 12 is National Poinsettia Day.

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