Euphorbiaceae FAMILY

Euphorbia sudanica

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

The very caustic latex is used as an ingredient of arrow poison and in bait for trapping animal pests[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ].

Botanical Description

Euphorbia sudanica is a spiny, evergreen, succculent shrub or small tree growing up to 2 metres tall. The plant usually branches freely from low down, though sometimes develops a short, clear trunk[ 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 grown as a boundary marker, the latex is used to repel birds and monkeys and the plant is occasionally used medicinally.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Senegal to Niger, also in Sudan.

HabitatSandstone rocks, laterite[ 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. ].