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Useful Tropical Plants

Euphorbia pervilleana

Baill.

Euphorbiaceae

+ Synonyms

Common Name:

Euphorbia pervilleana
Fruiting branch
Photograph by: Désiré Ravelonarivo
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Euphorbia pervilleana Euphorbia pervilleana

General Information

Euphorbia pervilleana is an unarmed, deciduous shrub or a small tree.
The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.
The plant has a very large extent of occurrence (61,328.8 km²) and large area of occupancy (22,009.1 km²). It is recorded from 38 localities and comprises eight to eleven subpopulations. There are some threats (habitat degradation, fire, habitat clearing for charcoal), but these do not yet trigger a threatened status. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[
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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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Plants for a Future
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Ken Fern
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Notes from observations, tasting etc at Plants For A Future and on field trips.
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Botanical References


Range

Africa - Madagascar.

Habitat

A forest dweller, very prone to be destroyed by fires. In areas destroyed by fires, the species is found sheltered in rock cracks. Its habitat is extremely fragmented[
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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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http://www.iucnredlist.org/
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A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.
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Properties

Conservation StatusLeast Concern
Medicinal Rating *  *
HabitDeciduous Shrub
Height0.00 m
Cultivation StatusWild

Cultivation Details

Not known

Edible Uses

None known

Medicinal

The latex is used to treat warts[
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Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa.
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http://www.prota.org
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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 -
Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2024-03-29. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Euphorbia+pervilleana>

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