Shrub spiky succulent ; up to 125 cm tall . Stems with 10–30 branches , ascending , 4–5 cm in diameter , dark green to gray , only weakly strangled , with 5(–6) ribs ; spines up to 1 . 5 cm long reddish-brown , growing under the scars of fallen leaves or under flowers , and often small paired spines on the side of the scars . Leaves 2–3 x 4–5 mm , broadly triangular , soon deciduous . Inflorescences cyathia in triplets at the tips of branches on peduncles 2 . 5–3 mm long . Flowers cyathia ; glands 5 , transversely elliptical , c . 3 , 5 mm wide ; male flowers glabrous , clustered in panicles of up to 15 , with a yellow thread up to 2 mm long ; central cyathium is male and blooms earlier than the lateral cyathia with female flowers . Fruit capsule , c . 8 mm in diameter , almost spherical , rounded triangular reddish-brown when ripe . Seeds 2 . 5–3 mm , smooth , gray . (Ref . https://botany . cz) .
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Momccoy Spurge
Most probably the same uses as Euphorbia cactus. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).
*Ghazanfar, S. (2003). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.1: Piperaceae – Primulaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 25). ISBN 90-72619-55-2 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *https://botany.cz *Miller, A., Morris, M. (1988). Plants of Dhofar, the Southern Region of Oman: Traditional, Economic, and Medicinal Uses. Published by Office of the Adviser for Conservation of the Environment, Diwan of Royal Court, Sultanate of Oman; ISBN 10: 0715708082 ISSN 13: 9780715708088. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
