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Useful Tropical Plants

Euphorbia acalyphoides

Hochst. ex Boiss.

Euphorbiaceae

+ Synonyms

Euphorbia fodhliana Deflers

Euphorbia incurva N.E.Br.

Euphorbia thelesperma Hochst. ex Boiss.

Tithymalus acalyphoides (Hochst. ex Boiss.) Schweinf.

Common Name:

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General Information

Euphorbia acalyphoides is an annual or perennial plant with spreading branches; it can grow 15 - 60cm tall. The stems are sometimes slightly swollen and succulent; not spiny[
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Title
African Flowering Plants Database
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php
Publisher
Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques.
Year
0
ISBN
 
Description
Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map.
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The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.

Known Hazards

Although we have seen no specific information for this plant, the latex in most, if not all Euphorbias is caustic and toxic - skin contact often causing irritation and blistering; contact with the eyes causing temporary or even permanent blindness; whilst ingestion can cause purging or more severe problems[
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Title
Plants for a Future
Author
Ken Fern
Description
Notes from observations, tasting etc at Plants For A Future and on field trips.
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Botanical References

500
Title
Flora of Somalia
Publication
 
Author
Thulin M. (Editor)
Publisher
Kew Publishing, London.
Year
1993
ISBN
 
Description
Detailed information on the plants of the region, often adding notes on the plants uses.

Range

Tropical Africa - ?Egypt, Chad, Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola; also in Arabian Peninsula - Yemen, Saudi Arabia.

Habitat

Open Acacia bushland; sandy soils; open disturbed area on gritty soil; Acacia etbaica-A. seyal association; stony soils; at elevations from 35 - 1,550 metres[
328
Title
African Flowering Plants Database
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php
Publisher
Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques.
Year
0
ISBN
 
Description
Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map.
].

Properties

Medicinal Rating *  *
HabitAnnual/Perennial
Height0.45 m
Cultivation StatusWild

Cultivation Details

Not known

Edible Uses

None known

Medicinal

The crushed herb or the latex is applied to fungal skin diseases[
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Title
Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa.
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://www.prota.org
Publisher
 
Year
0
ISBN
 
Description
An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
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Other Uses

None known

Propagation

Seed -
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