EUPHORBIA MELOFORMIS

This member of the Euphorbiaceae family was given this name by William Aiton in 1789. It is found the western part of South Africa, growing in a well drained soil with lots of sun. It will grow up to ten centimetres or more, and get greenish yellow flowers quite similar to E. obesa, but on long stalks.

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 from Latin; melo; 'an apple-like melon' and Latin - formis; 'shaped like. I might not consider this to be a caudiciform, but here it is anyway.