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Euphorbia umbellata

(Pax) Bruyns (2007)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Malpighiales Family: Euphorbiaceae Genus: Euphorbia

African milkbush

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Description

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Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Potentially naturalizing

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Potentially naturalizing
Maui Only found in cultivation

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Euphorbia World 3: 5 (2007)

Other References

Staples & Herbst 2005:295 (DESCR [as Synadenium grantii]); Lau & Frohlich 2013:14 (O? [adventive, Wahiawā, Waihī Farms]); Bruyns et al. 2006:414 (Syn. S. grantii = E. pseudograntii); Bruyns 2007:5 (Syn. S. grantii = E. umbellata)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Euphorbia umbellata Wahiawa, Waihi Farms Among roadside shrubbery. Preserved_Specimen Tree 20-30 feet tall with hanging branches. OISC 2011112201 Oahu BISH 2011-11-22
2 Euphorbia umbellata Koloa, 3581 Kaloke Rd., Kalaheo yard Preserved_Specimen 2m densely branched shrub, latex white, stems succulent; leaves fleshy, dark red green or mottled above, uniformly purple red or mottled with green below; inflorescence with green or red green cyathea, ovary green. Lorence, D.H. 8543 Kauai BISH 1999-10-31
3 Euphorbia umbellata Honolulu, Makiki area, Makiki District Park Preserved_Specimen An erect, slender tree 3 m tall in full sun. Most of the branch tips are devoid of leaves but beginning to flush out. The leaves are yellowish except the areas along the veins which are olive green. The leaves and the inflorescences are overlayed with a crimson to purple color. Lau, J. 1513 Oahu BISH 1985-10-10
4 Euphorbia umbellata Grounds of Nuuanu Congretional Church, 2651 Pali Hwy., Nuuanu, Honolulu. North boundary of property Preserved_Specimen Stems succulent, .75 thick at branch tips. Leaves thick, reddish at margins, veins conspicuously dark green above. Peduncle, pedicels, capsules reddish. Latex abundant. Small tree 10' ht. Nagata, K.M. 1289 Oahu BISH 1976-03-09
5 Euphorbia umbellata Koko Crater Botanical Garden, Sansevieria section Preserved_Specimen Shrub to 2.5 m.; fruit green; milky sap. Annable, C.R. 3476 Oahu BISH 1997-04-25
6 Euphorbia umbellata Rainbow Park, must mauka of Paia Preserved_Specimen Small cultivated tree. Milky sap. Leaves much paler beneath. Duvall, F. Maui BISH 1994-11-15
7 Euphorbia umbellata Honolulu, Vineyard St., H.S.P.A Preserved_Specimen MacDaniels, L.H. 461 Oahu BISH 1927-01-17
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