Euphorbia tirucalli L.

This species is native to Ethiopia, extending to S Africa and India; introduced elsewhere. (Ref. POWO; 2023). There are 28 species of Euphorbia found in Oman. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).

Cultivated

علم تشكل النبات


Densely branched shrub or small tree ; up to 12 (–15) m tall , with brittle succulent branchlets often produced in whorls . Stems cylindrical , fleshy with fragile succulent twigs . Leaves 1–1 . 5 x 0 . 2 cm , few , fleshy , linear-lanceolate , cluster only at the tips of young branchlets and very quickly deciduous . Inflorescences cymes 2–6 congested at the apices of the branchlets , forking 2–4 times . Flowers cyathia ; glands 5 , subglobose to transversely elliptic , bright yellow . Fruit capsule , ± 8 × 8 . 5 mm , glabrescent , subglobose . Seeds 3 . 5 × 2 . 8 mm , ovoid , smooth , buff speckled with brown and with a dark brown ventral line . (Ref . POWO ; 2022) .

وقت الإزهار


No Data

الوضع البيئي الحالي


Least Concern (LC) - Global Assessment

الوفرة


Not Common

التوزيع الجغرافي والبيئي


الوصف غير متاح حاليًا

Distribution Map

المرادفات


Arthrothamnus tirucalli (L.) Klotzsch & Garcke
Tirucalia indica Raf.
Tirucalia tirucalli (L.) P.V.Heath

الإكثار


No data

العناية بالنبات


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الأسماء الشائعة


Aveloz
 Indian Tree Spurge
 Naked Lady
Pencil Tree
Finger Tree
Pencil Cactus
Fire Stick
Sticks of Fire
Sticks on Fire
Milk Bush
African Milkbush
Petroleum Plant
Rubber Euphorbia

الأسماء المحلية


Not available

الاستخدامات


Not used traditionally.

المراجع


*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://en.wiktionary.org *https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org *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

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