WorldFloraDB - Euphorbia polygona

Characteristics

Dioecious, much-branched, spiny to sometimes spineless, glabrous succulent, up to 0.5-2 m tall, branches cylindrical-clavate, 50-150 mm diam., with obscure tubercles fused vertically into 7-20 prominent, wing-like angles, usually with groups of 2-5 spines 4-40 mm long arising in axil of each tubercle. Leaves soon deciduous, ± 1 mm long. Cyathia many around apex of each branch, 1-3 on each persistent peduncle 2-8 mm long in axil of tubercle, 4-7 mm diam., with 5 entire red to dark purple glands. Capsule sessile, 5-6 mm diam., pubescent.

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Glabrous, much-branched, often densely clump-forming shrub, 0.15-2.00 m high; branches 40-150 mm thick, clavate, very prominently 7-20-angled, usually with 1-5 sharp spines 4-40 mm long in each axil. Leaf-rudiments 1-2 x 1 mm, deltate. Cyathia 1(-3) on glabrous peduncle 2-12 mm long, 4-7 mm in diam.; glands 5, purple to green, entire. Flowering time mainly Oct.-Jan. Capsule 5-6 mm in diam., ± spherical, pubescent.

Dioecious, spinescent, succulent shrub to 2 m, somewhat rhizomatous; branches cylindrical-clavate, 7-12 cm diam., with tubercles fused into 7-20 prominent, wing-like, often undulating angles, with spinescent peduncles 4-10 mm long. Leaves 1-2 mm long, deciduous. Cyathia solitary to 3 per axil, 5-7 mm diam., glands dark purple.

Life form

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Growth form

shrub

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

dioecy

Pollination

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Spread

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Mature width (meter)

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Mature height (meter)

0.5 - 2.0

Root system

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Rooting depth (meter)

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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

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Photosynthetic pathway

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Environment

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Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	environmental use
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
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Cultivation

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