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Photo by Specks.


Photo from
 Zelene Listy

Author: Peter René Oscar Bally, 1959
Family:  EUPHORBIACEAE
Origin:  Tanzania
Soil:  Mix
Water:  Medium
Sun:  Maximum
Thickness:  4 Centimetres
Height:  12 Centimetres
Flower:  Crème Colour
Propagate:  Seeds/Cuttings
Names:  -
Synonyms:  Might be: Euphorbia neogracilis, Peter Vincent Bruyns, 2006

This member of the Euphorbiaceae family was given this name by Peter René Oscar Bally in 1959. It is found in Tanzania, growing in a well drained soil with some water and lots of sun. The caudex can grow to four centimetres, the stem up to twelve centimetres height.

The genera name from the Greek monos; 'one' and -aden; 'gland', referring to the solitary gland. The species name means 'graceful' or 'slender' for the growth form, not the caudex!


Photo from Aluka.