Species Euphorbia erythrina
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Etymology of Euphorbia:
Gk. eu- = well; phorbe = pasture or fodder; probably after Euphorbus, Greek physician to Juba II, King of Mauretania. Juba was educated in Rome and married the daughter of Antony and Cleopatra. He was apparently interested in botany and had written about an African cactus-like plant from the slopes of Mount Atlas, which he had found or knew about, which was used as a powerful laxative. That plant may have been Euphorbia resinifera, and like all Euphorbias had a latexy exudate (milky emulsion from certain plants). Euphorbus had a brother named Antonius Musa who was the physician to Augustus Caesar in Rome. When Juba heard that Caesar had honoured his physician with a statue, he decided to honour his own physician by naming the plant he had written about after him.
Scientific name:
Euphorbia erythrina Link
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Monoecious, closely leafy softly woody perennial to 80 cm, with slender stems from woody base. Leaves elliptic to oblanceolate, ascending, imbricate, apiculate, shortly petiolate, 8--20 mm long. Flower clusters usually congested, floral glands crescent-shaped. July--Oct. Rocky sandstone slopes, NW, SW, KM, LB, SE (Cold Bokkeveld to E Cape).
Observations of Taxon
Euphorbia erythrina
Name of observer:
Anne Bean & Amida Johns (David)
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Euphorbia erythrina
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Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
12/12/2020 - 2:01pm
Collection:
Euphorbia erythrina
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Name of observer:
Mary Maytham Kidd (David)
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Date observed unknown
Euphorbia erythrina
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Pauline Bohnen (David)
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Date observed unknown