Euphorbia schimperiana Scheele

Species

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Characteristics

An annual or short lived herb. It grows 2 m high. The leaves do not have leaf stalks. They are crowded and leaf large leaf scars. The leaf blade is 15 cm long by 2 cm wide. The fruit is a capsule. It has 3 lobes.
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Leaves alternate with a whorl of 4–10 below the umbel
Stems 2–4 ft. high, probably perennial
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination -
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Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.5
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Environment

Grassland, evergreen bushland and montane forest, at elevations from 1,350-3,000 metres. Also found as a weed of cultivated ground.
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It is a tropical and subtropical plant. It grows in savannah woodland.
In montane vegetation.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food food material medicinal poison
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 10 - 15
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
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Images

Leaf

Euphorbia schimperiana leaf picture by susan brown (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Euphorbia schimperiana world distribution map, present in Benin, Burkina Faso, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Oman, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Somalia, Togo, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77176908-1
WFO ID wfo-0000964589
COL ID 3CQNM
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Tithymalus schimperianus Euphorbia longicornuta Euphorbia schimperiana Euphorbia monticola Euphorbia schimperiana Euphorbia variegata Euphorbia schimperiana var. trilobata Euphorbia ampla var. tenuior

Lower taxons

Euphorbia schimperiana var. pubescens Euphorbia schimperiana var. schimperiana Euphorbia schimperiana var. velutina