Species Euphorbia meloformis
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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.
Etymology of meloformis:
From the Latin meloformis' meaning 'apple-shaped, globular'
Scientific name:
Euphorbia meloformis Aiton
Common names:
Bobbejaankos
Eselkos
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Synonym status:
Monoecious, usually single-stemmed dwarf shrublet, 3--20 cm; stem spherical to cylindrical, 50--150 mm diam. with obscure tubercles joined in 8--12 angles, usually with many spinescent, simple or branched peduncles to 60 mm long. Leaves 1--3 mm long, linear, deciduous. Cyathia in cymes of 1--12, c. 4 mm diam., glands entire, pale green. Nov.--Mar. Gravelly flats, SE (Port Elizabeth to E Cape).
Observations of Taxon
Euphorbia meloformis
Name of observer:
Alma Möller & Rolf Becker (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Euphorbia meloformis
Name of observer:
Doreen Court (Mr.Drimia)
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Collection:
Euphorbia meloformis
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Name of observer:
Auriol Batten (David)
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Collection:
Euphorbia meloformis
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Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
28/04/2012 - 12:03pm
Collection:
Euphorbia meloformis
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Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
13/01/2012 - 4:10pm