Euphorbiaceae FAMILY

Euphorbia matabelensis

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

Ingenol diterpenes can cause skin irritation and have tumour promoting properties. The use of the latex of Euphorbia matabelensis for medicinal purposes should therefore be discouraged^[1].

Cultivation Details

HabitDeciduous Shrub

Growth—

Not known

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Euphorbia+matabelensis>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

[1]Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. — http://www.prota.org ↩︎An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.