| Author: | Arna Hässler,
1931 |
| Family: |
EUPHORBIACEAE |
| Origin: |
Tanzania |
| Soil: |
Mix |
| Water:
|
Medium |
| Sun: |
Medium - Maximum |
| Thickness: |
7
Centimetres |
| Height: |
30
Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
Yellow - Bronze |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
| Names:
|
- |
| Synonyms: |
- |
This member of the Euphorbiaceae
family was given this name by Arne Hässler in 1931. It is found in
Tanzania, growing in a well drained soil with some water and some to
lots of sun. The caudex can grow to seven centimetres in diameter,
the whole plant up to 30 centimetres height. The flowers are yellow
to bronze.
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 the the occurrence in Tabora, Tanzania. |
