| Author: |
Ferdinand Albin Pax, 1894 | |
Family: |
EUPHORBIACEAE |
| Origin: |
Angola, Botswana, Kenya,
Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
| Soil: |
Mix |
| Water: |
Medium |
| Sun: |
Medium - Maximum |
| Thickness: |
Centimetres |
| Height: |
2 Centimetres |
| Flower: |
Yellowish-Green |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
| Names: |
Peelingbark Woody-Euphorbia
|
| Synonyms: |
Euphorbia gynophora,
Pax, 1904.
Euphorbia nebrownii, Merr. 1938.
Euphorbia nodosa, N.E.Br. 1911. |
This member of the
Euphorbiaceae family
was given this name by Ferdinand Albin Pax in 1894. It is found in
Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia
and Zimbabwe, growing in a well drained soil with some water and some to
lots of sun. The caudex can grow to
eight centimetres in diameter, the entire plant
to two metres in height and when creeping; four metres in diameter. 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
from Latin; e-: 'without' and spinosus; 'thorns'. |
