| Author: | Ferdinand
Albin Pax, 1909 |
| Family: |
EUPHORBIACEAE |
| Origin: |
Ethiopia,
Somalia, Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania |
| Soil: |
Rocks -
Grit - Mix |
| Water:
|
Medium |
| Sun: |
Medium -
Maximum |
| Thickness: |
8 Centimetres |
| Height: |
10-250 Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
Green -
Greenish Yellow |
| Propagate: |
Seeds |
| Names:
|
- |
| Synonyms: |
Should be: Jatropha ellenbeckii, Ferdinand Albin
Pax, 1903. |
This member of the
Euphorbiaceae family was given this name by Ferdinand Albin
Pax in 1909. It is found
in Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Mozambique and Tanzania, growing in
gravel or another well drained soil with
some water and some to lots of sun. The caudex can grow to
eight
centimetres in diameter, the entire plant from ten to 250 centimetres in
height. The
flowers are green to greenish yellow.
Personally, I have a hard time
telling it apart from Jatropha ellenbeckii, Ferdinand Albin
Pax, 1903. It might be synonymes, and then the right name is Jatropha ellenbeckii.
The genera name from the Greek
words ἰατρός; iatros, meaning 'physician', and τροφή;
trophe meaning 'nutrition', as to medicinal uses. The species name fissispina refer to the
divided spine. |
