EUPHORBIA ORBICULIFOLIA

This member of the Euphorbiaceae family was given this name by Susan Carter in 1990. It is found in south-eastern Oman, and down into northern Yemen. It is growing in a well drained soil with some water and some sun. The caudex can grow to 14 centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to 50 centimetres in height. The flowers are whitish to pale yellow.

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 the 'spherical or circular leaves'.