EUPHORBIA CUNEATA
Author:
Martin Vahl Henrichsen, 1791
Family:
EUPHORBIACEAE
Origin:
Benin, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen
Elevation:
Publisher:
Symb. Bot. 2: 53 (1791)
Collection number:
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Thickness:
15 Centimetres
Height:
4 Meters
Propagate:
Seeds/Cuttings
CITES:
Synonyms:
Tirucallia cuneata, Paul V. Heat, 1996.
Lyciopsis cuneata, Schweinf.
Euphorbia cuneata subsp. cretacea, S.Carter.
Euphorbia cuneata subsp. lamproderma, S.Carter.
Euphorbia cuneata var. pumilans, S.Carter.
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Euphorbia cuneata subsp. spinescens, S.Carter.
Euphorbia cuneata subsp. wajirensis, S.Carter.
This member of the Euphorbiaceae family was described by Martin Vahl Henrichsen in 1791 It is found on the Arabian Peninsula and eastern Africa, growing in grit or an other well drained soil with some water and lots of light. The stem can grow to fifteen centimetres or more in diameter and four metres in height. The flowers are yellowish green.
The genera name; Euphorbia dates back to the first century BC, where King Juba II of Mauritania used it in a reference to his doctor, Euphorbos, and that name was kept as a generic name by Carl von Linnaeus. The species name means 'pointed, wedge-shaped'. A big plant from Amani S Awaad & Nabila Aljaber's publication.
Flower
Yellowish Green
Soil
Mix
Water
Medium
Sun
Maximum
