Summary
Place of publication:
Syst. nat. 2(1):759. 1791
Verified:
03/04/1996
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Conservation Status
- CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
Reference(s)
- CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
- Eggli, U., ed. Illustrated handbook of succulent plants: Dicotyledons. 2002
- Eggli, U. Sukkulenten. 1994
- Erhardt, W. et al. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008
- Govaerts, R. et al. World checklist and bibliography of Euphorbiaceae. 2000
- Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. Flora of Ethiopia. 1989- (and Eritrea. 2000)
- Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
- Lebrun, J.-P. et al. Catalogue des plantes vasculaires de la Republique de Djibouti. 1989
- Parkyns, M. 1853. Life in Abyssinica. 137.
- Thulin, M., ed. Flora of Somalia. 1993-
- Walters, S. M. et al., eds. European garden flora. 1986-
- PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Common names
English
Abyssinian spurge – desert-candle – Arabic
shajaret al sim – Eritrea
kolkual – Ethiopia
kulkual – kulkwal – qolqwal – qulqwal – quolquol – German
abessinische Wolfsmilch –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Djibouti | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Eritrea | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Ethiopia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Somalia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Sudan | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
Native
Africa
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia
Cultivated
()
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=16341.
Accessed 20 September 2024.