The poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima) is a culturally and commercially important plant species of the diverse spurge family that is home-grown to Mexico, Central America Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. It is particularly well known for its red and green foliage and is widely used in Christmas floral displays, landscapes and flower pots. Each regional plant has a distinction between each other, theirs leaves some are thin and long, others are crinkled and short and in other is the intense red in its leaves.