Upper part of crown; Wonderboom Nature Reserve, Gauteng, South Africa; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer
Trunk; Wonderboom Nature Reserve, Gauteng, South Africa; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 1473 Date of entry: 08.12.2010 Last update: 11.01.2020
English: Candelabra Tree
German: Kandelaberwolfsmilch
Kingdom: Plantae (2595)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2492)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2107)
Order: Malpighiales (98)
Family: Euphorbiaceae (77)(family description)
Genus: Euphorbia (27)
Epithet: ingens E.Mey. ex Boiss. (2)
ingens => enormous or huge
Climate: sub-tropical
Habit: tree, arborescent
Flower colour: yellow
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