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Euphorbia heptagona L.

Species

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Characteristics

Dioecious, much-branched, spiny, glabrous succulent, up 0.2-1 m tall, branches cylindrical, 15-30 mm diam., with obscure tubercles arranged in 6-8 angles, covered with stout, thorny, simple, persistent peduncles and short-shoots, 8-60 mm long. Leaves soon deciduous, 1-2 mm long. Cyathia many around apex of each branch, each on a later woody, persistent peduncle in axil of tubercle, 3-5 mm diam., with 5 entire green to red glands. Capsule sessile, 4-5 mm diam., glabrous.
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Glabrous, usually densely clump-forming, low to tall shrub, 0.2-1.0 m high and 0.3-1.0 m wide, branches 20-40 mm thick, clavate, 7-10-angled, green to grey-green, with sharp spines 6-40 mm long. Leaf-rudiments 1-2 x 1 mm, lanceolate. Cyathia on ± glabrous peduncle 10-25 mm long, 2.5-6.0 mm in diam.; glands 5, green, entire. Flowering time Aug.-Nov. Capsule 4-6 mm in diam., ± spherical, glabrous.
Dioecious, much-branched, spinescent, succulent shrub, 20-100 cm; branches cylindrical, with obscure tubercles arranged in 6-8 angles, 15-30 mm diam., erect, mostly covered with stout thorns, spinescent peduncles 8-60 mm long. Leaves 1-2 mm long, deciduous. Cyathia solitary, 3-5 mm diam., glands entire, green to red.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
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Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 1.0
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 7-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-8

Usage

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Edible -
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 10 - 15
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
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Images

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Distribution

Euphorbia heptagona world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:346763-1
WFO ID wfo-0000962489
COL ID 3CP52
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Anthacantha desmetiana Euphorbia heptagona Euphorbia morinii Euphorbia heptagona var. subsessilis Euphorbia heptagona var. ramosa Euphorbia heptagona var. viridis Euphorbia heptagona var. heptagona

Lower taxons

Euphorbia heptagona var. dentata
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