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Photo by Brad Johnson.


Photo by Geoff, Agaveville.org.

Author: Werner Rauh, 1999
Family:  EUPHORBIACEAE
Origin:  Tanzania
Soil:  Mix
Water:  Medium
Sun:  Medium
Thickness:  6 Centimetres
Height:  25 Centimetres
Flower:  Green
Propagate:  Seeds/Cuttings
Names:  -
Synonyms:  -

This member of the Euphorbiaceae family was given this name by Werner Rauh in 1999. It was found in Tanzania by Marita and Ernst Specks, and it named after Frau Specks. It grow in a well drained soil with some water and some sun. The caudex can grow to six centimetres in diameter, the stem up to 25 centimetres height. The flowers are green.

The genera name; Euphorbia dates back to the first century BC, where King Juba II of Mauritania used it in a reference to his doctor, Euphorbos, and that name was kept as a generic name by Carl von Linnaeus. The species name after Marita Specks.


Photo by Geoff, Agaveville.org.