Euphorbiaceae FAMILY Vulnerable

Euphorbia primulifolia

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

The thickened root is used as bait to poison rats; it is also used for criminal purposes[ 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 primulifolia is a herbaceous perennial plant growing up to 15cm tall from a tuber[ 385 Title Bihrmann's Caudiciforms Publication Author Website http://www.bihrmann.com/caudiciforms/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An internet site giving information on caudiciform plants (plants with swollen stem bases such as the Baobab tree, cycads and many succulents). Excellent photos, usually of cultivated plants in pots. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local medicinal use. Both of the varieties of this species are threatened. The combined extent of occurrence is still less than 20,000 km², and there are probably less than ten locations. There is continuing decline due to habitat degradation. The plant is classified as 'Vulnerable' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAfrica - northern and central Madagascar.

HabitatOn Isalo sands, in valleys and also in red laterite grasslands[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].