Euphorbia schizacantha
Euphorbia schizacantha
Safety & Hazards
The latex is very caustic and toxic. It is used as part of an arrow poison and also 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 schizacantha is a spiny, cactus-like succulent plant growing 30 - 60cm tall. Usually densely branched, it has a main stem up to 50cm tall and 6cm thick, with branches up to 40cm long that are erect at first then drooping and trailing. These side branches are usually themselves unbranched, cylindrical and up to 12mm thick[ 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. The plant is sought after by specialist growers because of its drooping branches and because the fusion of the 2 main spines is not complete, thus having a forked tip[ 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. ].