Euphorbia trigona Mill.

African milk tree (en), Euphorbe (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Euphorbiaceae > Euphorbia

Characteristics

A monoecious evergreen shrub. It grows 2m high.
Life form -
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Mature height (meter) 2.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Not known
Light 6-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-11

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal ornamental poison
Edible -
Therapeutic use Ache(Ear) (unspecified), Boil (unspecified), Earache (unspecified), Purgative (unspecified), Vesicant (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 10 - 15
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) 1
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Euphorbia trigona unspecified picture

Distribution

Euphorbia trigona world distribution map, present in Angola, Bangladesh, Congo, Gabon, Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, and Thailand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:348565-1
WFO ID wfo-0000965176
COL ID 3CR37
BDTFX ID 122032
INPN ID 902267
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Euphorbia trigona Euphorbia hormentiana