Author: | Nicholas
Edward Brown, 1911 |
Family: |
EUPHORBIACEAE |
Origin: |
Malawi,
Zambia, South-Western Tanzania |
Soil: |
Mix |
Water:
|
Medium |
Sun: |
Medium |
Thickness: |
3
Centimetres |
Height: |
30
Centimetres |
Flower:
|
Green |
Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
Names:
|
- |
Synonyms: |
Might
be: Euphorbia neoparviflora, Bruyns, 2006.
Monadenium depauperatum, S. Carter. |
This member of the
Euphorbiaceae family was described by Nicholas Edward Brown
in 1911. It is found in south-western Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia, growing in a well drained soil with some water
and some sun. The caudex can grow to three centimetres in diameter,
the whole plant up to 30 or even 60 centimetres height. The flowers are
green.
The genera name
from the Greek monos;
'one' and -aden; 'gland', referring to the solitary gland.
The species name means 'small flowers'.
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