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Euphorbia scordifolia

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Name

Identification
Euphorbia scordifolia Jacq. [family EUPHORBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Data not digitized, null Verified by Data not digitized,
Related name
  • Euphorbia thymifolia
  • Euphorbia forskalii
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  • Euphorbia scordifolia
  • Euphorbia granulata
Common name
  • tanut (AN) (MAURITANIA, ARABIC (Hassaniya)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • mbal (K&A) mburmbul (JB; K&A) (SENEGAL, WOLOF), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • daba da (JB) (SENEGAL, MANDING-BAMBARA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • l’embetêha (JB) mul beïne (JB) tanut (JB) (SENEGAL, ARABIC (Senegal)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2

Flora

Entry for EUPHORBIA scordifolia Jacq. [family EUPHORBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by S. Carter (Euphorbia, Monadenium), M. G. Gilbert (Acalypha, Andrachne, Antidesma, Bridelia, Caperonia, Cephalocroton, Chrozophora, Clutia, Dalechampia, Flueggea, Givotia, Manihot, Meineckia, Micrococca, Oldfieldia, Phyllanthus, Ricinus, Suregada, Tragia), and M. Thulin (Croton, Drypetes, Erythrococca, Excoecaria, Jatropha, Spirostachys and Thecacoris) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
EUPHORBIA scordifolia Jacq. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], (1786).
EUPHORBIA zeylana N. E. Br. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], (1913);. types: N1, Zeyla, Drake-Brockman 736–742 (K syn.).
Information
Annual herb, densely grey-pilose with long spreading hairs, branches prostrate to 30 cm long, often woody towards the base. Leaves subsessile, ovate, 5–15 x 2–10 mm, margin serrate; stipules linear, 0.5 mm long. Cyathia solitary, subsessile, clustered on congested leafy axillary branches, 1.5 mm in diam.; glands minute, reddish, with conspicuous white to pink lobed appendages to 0.5 x 1 mm. Styles minute, bifid almost to the base. Capsule exserted on a pedicel 2 mm long, acutely 3-lobed, 2 x 2 mm, densely pilose. Seeds ovoid, 4-angled, 1.3 x 0.9 mm, shallowly pitted, pinkish grey.
Range
N1 West Africa, Sudan, Eritrea and the Arabian Peninsula, especially on coastal plains of the Red Sea.
Altitude range
0–50 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Glover & Gilliland 821; Bally & Melville 16130, 16149.
Notes
Geed caanole (Som.).

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