| Author: |
Leslie Charles Leach, 1976 | |
Family: |
EUPHORBIACEAE |
| Origin: |
Kabompo; Western Zambia |
| Soil: |
Mix - Sandy |
| Water: |
Medium |
| Sun: |
Maximum |
| Thickness: |
30 Centimetres? |
| Height: |
20 Centimetres |
| Flower: |
? |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
| Names: |
- |
| Synonyms: |
- |
This member of the Euphorbiaceae
family
was given this name by Leslie Charles Leach in 1976. It is found in Kabompo in
the western Zambia, growing in a well drained sandy soil with
some water and lots of sun. The caudex can grow to 30 centimetres in diameter,
they write, the entire plant
to 20 centimetres in height.
The genera is named after
Euphorbos, the Greek physician of King Juba II of Numidia. The
species is named from Latin; platy; 'broad' and Greek;
rhiza; 'root. |
