Euphorbiaceae FAMILY

Euphorbia paganorum

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 paganorum is a spiny, evergreen, succulent shrub usually growing up to 1.5 metres tall, occasionally reaching 2 metres. The plant branches freely from the base with cylindrical stems 2 - 5cm in diameter[ 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. ]. The plant is occasionally harvested from the wild for locaL medicinal use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Senegal to Nigeria, also in Gabon and Sudan.

HabitatRocky soils in arid savanna, often gregarious, at elevations up to 600 metres[ 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. ].