Accession #: 199200507
Accession Date: 1992-12-31
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Family: Euphorbiaceae
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Country of Origin: E Sudan (Red Sea Hills), Eritrea, N Ethiopia, N Somalia
Description: Arborescent species from Ethiopia forming a tree. The erect 8-angled branches have very deep angles and are edged with a border of closely packed, paired spines to 1cm long.
Habitat: Well-drained stony soils of hills and slopes, in montane evergreen woodland and bushland, at 1300 to 2200 m altitude.
Uses:
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Source: John Spain
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Culture:
Seed or cuttings, although cuttings can be very slow to root.