WorldFloraDB - Euphorbia ferox

Characteristics

Dioecious, much-branched, spiny, glabrous succulent, 0.2-1 m tall, branches cylindrical, 20-40 mm diam., with obscure tubercles arranged in 9-12 angles, covered with stout, thorny, simple peduncles and short-shoots, 10-30 mm long. Leaves soon deciduous, 2-3 mm long. Cyathia many around apex of each branch, each on a short persistent peduncle in axil of tubercle, 3-5 mm diam., with 5 entire green glands. Capsule sessile, 5-6 mm diam., glabrous.

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Glabrous, loosely to densely clump-or mound-forming succulent, 70-300 mm high and 0.2-1.0 m wide, branches 20-45 mm thick, clavate, 9-16-angled, dull dark green becoming grey with age, with sharp spines 8-50 mm long. Leaf-rudiments 2-3 x ± 1 mm, lanceolate-oblong. Cyathia on glabrous peduncle 2-6 mm long, 2-4 mm in diam.; glands 5, dark to bright green, entire. Flowering time May-Aug. Capsule 5-6 mm in diam., ± spherical, glabrous.

Like E. heptagona but plant smaller, to 30 cm, branches 40-60 mm diam., 9-16-angled, thorns shorter, 8-20 mm long, irregularly scattered and spreading, leaves 2-3 mm long.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

shrub

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

dioecy

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

0.1 - 0.3

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

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Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

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Fruiting months

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Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

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Environment

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
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Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	-
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Mode	-
Germination duration (days)	10 - 15
Germination temperacture (C°)	21 - 26
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	soaking
Minimum temperature (C°)	-12
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-