- Family:
- Euphorbiaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Euphorbia L.
Euphorbia hadramautica Baker

[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial, probably short-lived, with a fleshy stem 5–10 cm high, 1–2 cm thick, erect to procumbent, with crowded spirally arranged leaf-scars which are usually prominent or even tuberculate, but sometimes obscure
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves crowded at the stem apex, ovate to usually linear-lanceolate, 3–9 x 0.5–1.5 cm, pubescent, margin often undulate; petiole 1–2 cm long; stipules vestigial, deciduous
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Cymes axillary on peduncles 0.5–2 cm long, 1–2-forked, the whole inflorescence pubescent with short crisped hairs; bracts subcircular, 1.5–2 mm long
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Involucre
- Cyathia 2.5 mm in diam.; glands 4, spreading, entire, 1 mm broad, red, pubescent on the outer (lower) surface and especially on the margins
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style
- Styles 1.2 mm long, joined at the base, with shortly bifid apices, pubescent
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Capsule exserted on a pedicel 1.75–2 mm long, obtusely 3-lobed with truncate base, 2.5 x 3.25 mm, pubescent, green
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds conical with acute apex, obtusely 4-angled, with 2 horizontal constrictions and deep depressions on each face, 2 x 1.5 mm, surface roughened, brown.
- Distribution
- N1–3; C1; Ethiopia (Ogaden) and Arabia (Hadramaut and Dhofar)
- Ecology
- Altitude range 550–1500 m.
Doubtfully present in:
Kenya
Native to:
Ethiopia, Oman, Socotra, Somalia, Yemen
Euphorbia hadramautica Baker appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Jackson, T.H.E. [Bally E.279], Somalia | 2060.000 | No | |||
Bally, P.R.O. [12394], Somalia | 2061.000 | No | |||
Smith, A.R. [112] | 30045.000 | No | |||
Yemen | 31866.000 | No | |||
Ash [1152], Ethiopia | 35492.000 | No | |||
Radcliffe-Smith, A. [5546], Oman | 39413.000 | No | |||
Gilbert, M.G. [37] | 40112.000 | No | |||
Carter, S. [814], Somalia | 42954.000 | No | |||
Bally, P.R.O. [E.259], Somalia | 5216.000 | No | |||
Bally, P.R.O. [10161] | 5531.000 | No | |||
Bent, J.T. [67], Yemen | K001080040 | Yes |
First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894: 341 (1894)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Literature
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by S. Carter [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
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Flora of Somalia
Flora of Somalia
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0