O [[froito]] normalmente é un [[esquizocarpo]], e nalgúns casos unha [[drupa]]. Un esquizocarpo típico é a '''regma''', un froito capsular con máis de dous carpelos, que se divide en monocarpos na madureza crebando explosivamente, diseminando as pequenas sementes.
A familia contén unha gran variedade de [[filotoxinas]]s, principalmente [[Terpeno|diterpeno]] [[esteréster]]ses, [[alkaloidalcaloide]]s, [[glycosideglicósido]]s,ande [[ricin]]-typetoxinas do tipo [[toxinrícino]]s.
A milkyUn [[Sap (plant)|sapzume]] orleitoso ou [[latexlátex]] isé acaracterístico characteristicdas of the subfamiliessubfamilias [[Euphorbioideae]] ande [[Crotonoideae]]. que Thisé milkypozoñento sapna isprimeira [[poison]]ous<ref>Chittaranjan inKol''Wild theCrop EuphorbioideaeRelatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources: Plantation and Ornamental Crops''. Springer (2011), butp. innocuous127 in</ref>pero theincocuo en Crotonoideae {{Citationneeded|date=February<ref>D. 2011}}J. Mabberley ''Mabberley's Plant-Book:A Portable Dictionary of Plants, Their Classification and Uses''. Cambridge University Press (2008), p. 326</ref>. '''White mangrove''' (''[[Excoecaria]] agallocha''), or '''Blind-Your-Eye Mangrove''' sap causes blistering on contact and temporary blindness if it contacts the eyes. Other common names are '''Milky Mangrove''', '''Buta Buta''' ([[Malay language|Malay]]), '''Gewa''' ([[Bengali Language|Bangladesh]]). The sap of [[spurge]] was used as a [[laxative]].
Recent molecular studies have shown that the enigmatic family [[Rafflesiaceae]], which was only recently recognized to belong to order [[Malpighiales]], is derived from within Euphorbiaceae (Davis et al. 2007).
