Euphorbia tuberosa L.

Species

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Characteristics

Dioecious, spineless geophyte, up to 30 mm tall, with stems usually extensively branched beneath soil. Leaves deciduous, in a spreading rosette, oblong to oblanceolate or linear, 10-50 mm long, abruptly to gradually narrowed into petiole, margins often undulate, occasionally pubescent. Cyathia 1-7 per branch, on deciduous peduncles up to 30 mm long, 4-6 mm diam., pubescent, with 5 entire green glands. Capsule slightly exserted, 6-8 mm diam., pubescent.
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Dioecious, acaulescent, tuberous-rooted perennial to 5 cm. Leaves oblong to lanceolate-oblong, abruptly to gradually narrowed below into petioles, usually minutely hairy and grey-green, margins folded upwards, usually undulate, sometimes crisped. Several cyathia per stem on peduncles 1-5 cm long, greenish, 4-6 mm diam.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.03
Root system -
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Root diameter (meter) -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

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

Cultivation

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

Images

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Distribution

Euphorbia tuberosa world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:348586-1
WFO ID wfo-0000965201
COL ID 3CR3X
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Tithymalus crispus Euphorbia tuberosa Tithymalus tuberosus