English: Euphorbia cooperi is a spiny, succulent, evergreen shrub growing up to 2 metres tall, or more commonly it becomes a candelabriform small tree up to 6 metres or occasionally even to 12 metres tall with branches curved upwards, simple or sometimes branched near the apex, forming a flat-topped crown. The bole is stout and cylindrical, unbranched for up to 3 metres and scarred from fallen branches; the branches are 5 - 20cm in diameter, deeply constricted at irregular intervals into oblong segments 10 - 50cm long. There is an abundant latex in all parts of the plant The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and for fencing