Overview
- Mexico formally observes the National Day of the Nochebuena on December 8 to honor its cultural significance and the work of domestic growers.
- Official data cite production of more than 16.268 million plants cultivated on 240.6 hectares across Mexico City, Jalisco, Michoacán, Estado de México, Morelos, Oaxaca and Puebla.
- More than 100 commercial varieties are grown nationwide, with Guerrero and Morelos leading output for domestic markets and export.
- The plant is native to Mexico’s Pacific dry forests from Sinaloa to Chiapas, known in Nahuatl as cuetlaxóchitl and scientifically as Euphorbia pulcherrima.
- Mexico City reports 216 producers raised about 1.874 million plants this season, the highest local total in five years, with public sales points including Chapultepec and the Zócalo.