Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:452. 1753
Verified:
03/02/1998
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)
- Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62. 1993
- Balakrishnan, N. P. & T. Chakrabarty. The family Euphorbiaceae in India; a synopsis of its profile, taxonomy and bibliography. 2007
- 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
- Erhardt, W. et al. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008
- Govaerts, R. et al. World checklist and bibliography of Euphorbiaceae. 2000
- Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
- Kellerman, T. S. et al. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa. 1988
- Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
- Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
Common names
English
jackal's-food – yellow milkbush – German
Milchbusch –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Botswana | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Lesotho | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Namibia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Cape Province | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Free State | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | |
Native
Africa
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa [Cape Province, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal]
Cultivated
()
Naturalized
()
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Balakrishnan, N. P. & T. Chakrabarty. The family Euphorbiaceae in India; a synopsis of its profile, taxonomy and bibliography. 2007 |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Kellerman, T. S. et al. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa. 1988 |
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=410109.
Accessed 20 September 2024.