Euphorbiaceae FAMILY

Euphorbia inaequilatera

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

The roots are used as a fish poison[ 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 inaequilatera is a prostrate, annua herb, freely branching and forming a loose mat of growth 50cm or more in diameter. The plant is sometimes decumbent, with branches up to 30 cm long[ 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 harvested from the wild for local medicinal use

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeMost of Africa, avoiding the areas with most rain; through Arabia and Asia to Pakistan.

HabitatOpen patches amongst grass on seasonally wet gravelly, sandy or clay soils; roadsides; grazed areas; also weed of cultivation; dry deciduous bushlands with Acacia and Commiphora; margins of montane forest; sides of irrigation channels[ 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. ].