Euphorbia benthamii Hiern

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Euphorbia benthamii

Photo: Bart Wursten
Backpackers and Overlanders Lodge, Twentydales Ext., Epworth, Harare.

Euphorbia benthamii

Photo: Bart Wursten
Backpackers and Overlanders Lodge, Twentydales Ext., Epworth, Harare.

Euphorbia benthamii

Photo: Mark Hyde
Mukuvisi Woodland, Harare

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Status: Native
Description:
Annual herb to 1 m tall, sparsely covered with long spreading white hairs. Leaves: petiole to 2.5 cm long; lamina narrowly oblong, serrate with minute gland-tipped teeth on the margin. Cymes axillary and in 3-branched umbels. Bracts leaf-like. Cyathia sessile with cup-shaped involucres; glands 4, 1 × 1.5 mm, transversely elliptic; lobes ciliate. Capsule 4 × 5 mm, with long spreading hairs, barely exserted on a short pedicel, longitudinal ridges absent.
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Habitat: Deciduous woodland, often near streams
Altitude range: (metres) 950 - 1500 m
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Worldwide distribution: Angola, Namibia, Caprivi Strip, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania and Malawi
Zimbabwe distribution: C,E,S
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Images last updated: Saturday 5 March 2016
Literature:

Carter, S. & Leach, L.C. (2001). Euphorbiaceae: subfamily Euphorbioideae: tribe Euphorbieae Flora Zambesiaca 9(5) Page 365.

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 41.

Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 48.


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Flora of Caprivi: Euphorbia benthamii
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Flora of Zambia: Euphorbia benthamii

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Euphorbia benthamii
African Plant Database: Euphorbia benthamii
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Euphorbia benthamii
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Wikipedia: Euphorbia benthamii


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Euphorbia benthamii.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=135760, retrieved 7 December 2024

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