Great looking plant by Baja Costero,
Garden.org.
A young plant from Cactus-art.biz.
A small picture of a large plant from
Prota4u.org.
A strange looking plant in culture by
Daderot, Wikimedia.org.
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| Author: |
Ferdinand Albin Pax, 1902 | |
Family: |
EUPHORBIACEAE |
| Origin: |
Benin, Burkina, Gabon, Ghana,
Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Nigeria, Togo |
| Soil: |
Mix - Grit |
| Water: |
Medium |
| Sun: |
Maximum |
| Thickness: |
15 Centimetres |
| Height: |
200 Centimetres |
| Flower: |
Pale Greenish / Red |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
| Names: |
Candle Plant, Cylindrical
Euphorbia |
| Synonyms: |
By mistake; Euphorbia
poissoni and Euphorbia poisoni. |
This member of the Euphorbiaceae
family
was given this name by Ferdinand Albin Pax in 1902. It is found in Benin,
Burkina, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Nigeria and Togo. It
is growing in a well drained or gritty soil with some water and lots of sun. The main
stem can grow to fifteen centimetres in diameter, the entire plant
to 200 centimetres in height. The flowers are pale greenish with red stamens.
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 for the French botanist Henri Louis Poisson, 1877-1963, who were
into Euphorbias.
Useful fact: In
Nigeria, the local farmers extract its latex for use as a
pesticide, while the Berom people use it as protection against
witchcraft. |
