Accession Data
Euphorbia abyssinica
Family: Euphorbiaceae
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.
Accession Data
Accession #: 199200507
Accession Date: 1992-12-31
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Location: 2208
Quantity: 1
Source: John Spain
Culture: Seed or cuttings, although cuttings can be very slow to root.
Classification
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: eurosid I
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
SubFamily: Euphorbioideae
Tribe: Euphorbieae
SubTribe: Euphorbiinae
References
- The Euphorbia Journal, Vol 1, pg 50, Strawberry Press, 1983
- Mitich, L., The Succulent Euphorbias: Poisonous and Medicinal, The Euphorbia Journal, Vol 2, pg 62, Strawberry Press, 1984
- Personal Communication with Frank Vincentz, International Euphorbia Society - 4 JAN 2006
- Carter, Susan; A Preliminary Classification of Euphorbia Subgenus Euphorbia, Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, Vol. 81, No. 2 (1994), pp. 368-379
- Euphorbia abyssinica in Euphorbia Planetary Biodiversity Inventory. Accessed 13 August 2015.
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