Photo by Barry Rice.
Photo by
Marc Altenloh.
Not sure on the ID on this one. Should have thorns. Then
again, it seems to change from plant to plant - or more likely:
Area to area.
The flowers by Frank Vincentz,
Wikimedia.com. |
| Author: | Pierre L.
Boiteau, 1941 |
| Family: |
EUPHORBIACEAE |
| Origin: |
Falaise de
L'Ankarana, Western Madagascar |
| Soil: |
Mix |
| Water:
|
Medium |
| Sun: |
Medium |
| Thickness: |
8
Centimetres |
| Height: |
35
Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
Red |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
| Names:
|
- |
| Synonyms: |
Euphorbia antankara, Leandri, 1946 |
This member of the
Euphorbiaceae family was described by Pierre L.
Boiteau in 1941. It is found in Falaise de
L'Ankarana, Western Madagascar, growing in a well drained
soil with some water and some sun. The flowers are bright red. It
can grow to eight centimetres thick and 35 centimetres high.
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 indicates it
look like Pachypodiums. |
