Euphorbiaceae FAMILY

Euphorbia depauperata

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & 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[ K Title Plants for a Future Author Ken Fern Description Notes from observations, tasting etc at Plants For A Future and on field trips. ].

Botanical Description

Euphorbia depauperata is an erect, or spreading and decumbent, herbaceous perennial plant. It produces numerous simple or sparsely branched annual stems 30 - 100cm tall from a thick woody rootstock[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Guinea, Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda, Kenya, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique.

HabitatWatershed swampy grassland; rocks and boulders on windswept meadow with Cussonia spicata, Diospyros cf. whiteana, Heteropyxis natalensis, Olinia vanguerioides, etc.; humus-rich, sandy, rocky soils in grassland, often in forest clearings[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ].