| Author: | John
Gilbert Baker, 1894 |
| Family: |
EUPHORBIACEAE |
| Origin: |
Ethiopia,
Kenya, Oman, Socotra, Somalia, Yemen |
| Soil: |
Clay/Sand
Gravel |
| Water:
|
Minimum |
| Sun: |
Medium |
| Thickness: |
2,5 Centimetres |
| Height: |
10 Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
Greenish |
| Propagate: |
Seeds |
| Names:
|
- |
| Synonyms: |
Euphorbia napoides Pax, 1897.
Euphorbia oblongicaulis
Baker, 1895 |
This member of the Euphorbiaceae family was given this name by
John Gilbert Baker in 1894. It is found
in Ethiopia,
Kenya, Oman, Socotra, Somalia and Yemen, growing in a well drained soil with
little water and not that much sun, as is is found in the shade of
rocks. The caudex can grow to two and a half
centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to ten centimetres in
height. The
flowers are greenish.
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 is named after Hadhramaut, a region in South Arabia,
located mostly in present-day eastern Yemen. |
