12 дек. 2019 г. · The poinsettia flower is native to Central America – specifically, an area in southern Mexico called “Taxco del Alarcon” – and the plants were used by the ...

24 нояб. 2021 г. · The original Nahuatl name for the plant we call “poinsettia” is cuetlaxochitl (kwet-la-sho-she), cultivated by the Aztecs long before the European colonization ...

4 дня назад · The poinsettia is native to Mexico and Central America, where it grows in moist, wet, wooded ravines and on rocky hillsides. It was named for ...

Cuetlaxochitl: the origin of the Poinsettia. For us to begin, we have to go all the way back to 14th-century Mexico. The plant had a long history of medicinal ...

It was cultivated by the Aztecs of Mexico long before the introduction of Christianity to the Western Hemisphere.

14 дек. 2020 г. · This colorful plant was discovered near the present-day city of Taxco, Mexico and the valleys surrounding Cuernavaca (in southern Mexico).

“Euphorbia pulcherrima” has an extraordinarily long history behind it: the Aztecs in Central America already knew and revered the plant – and in the 16th ...

Poinsettias owe their common name to diplomat Joel R. Poinsett. He introduced them to the United States when he was the first American ambassador to Mexico.

18 дек. 2023 г. · Poinsettias are native to Central America, particularly Mexico, where they thrive in the warm, tropical climate. The plant has a rich history ...