Euphorbia nyikae
Euphorbia nyikae
Safety & Hazards
The latex is added to Acokanthera arrow poison used by the Giriama people[ 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. ]. Young pounded stems are thrown in water as 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 nyikae is a succulent, evergreen shrub or tree. Plants up to 7 metres tall are most likely to have branches persistent from ground-level upwards, whilst specimens to 15 or even 20 metres tall can develop a clear trunk for several metres. The trunk on larger specimens can be up to 30cm in diameter, occasionally reaching 50cm, and is marked by 4 - 6 vertical rows of spines[ 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 use as a medicine. It is sometimes used to form hedges and living fences.