| Author: |
Pierre
Tremaux, 1862 |
| Family: |
EUPHORBIACEAE |
| Origin: |
Chad,
Ethiopia, Sudan, Uganda |
| Soil: |
Grit |
| Water:
|
Minimum |
| Sun: |
Maximum |
| Thickness: |
15
Centimetres |
| Height: |
1 Meter |
| Flower:
|
Green / Yellow |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
| Names:
|
- |
| Synonyms: |
Euphorbia mamillaris, Trémaux. |
This member of the Euphorbiaceae
family was given this name by Pierre
Tremaux after Pierre Edmond Boissier 1862. It if found
in Chad, Ethiopia, Sudan and Uganda, growing in a well drained soil
with little water and lots of sun. The spiny stem can grow up to
fifteen centimetres in diameter and the plant can reach a height of
one meter. It can be
reproduced both by seeds and cuttings.
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 vene; 'poisonous' and fica;
'fig'. |
