Euphorbia squamigera Loisel.

Family: Euphorbiaceae

General Appearance

Euphorbia squamigera Loisel., it is a shrub up to 2.5 m tall, green, branched, naked below, densely leafy above. Cauline leaves alternate, linear-lanceolate to narrowly elliptical, (20-) 25-50 mm long, mucronate. Glabrous or pubescent beneath, entire or obscurely serrulate. Ray-leaves elliptic-ovate, raylet-leaves usually rhombic or orbicular-ovate, obtuse. mucronate, yellowish at flowering time. Rays 5. Capsules 5 mm in diam, covered with shon, cylindrical tubercles. Seeds 3 mm, smooth, brown.

Flowering in: Feb-Aug.

Life Form

N.Ph

Phytochoria

MED. The native range of this species is SW. Europe, NW. Africa.

Distribution in Libya

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder:  Wadi El-Kauf 1939  Wadi El-Kouf 2014

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1982) Flora of Libya, Euphorbiaceae Vol.  (89) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. Page. 24.

Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest:

El-Mokasabi, F M. (2014) Floristic Composition and Traditional Uses of Plant Species at Wadi Al-kuf, Al-Jabal Al-Akhder, Libya. American-Eurasian J. Agric. & Environ. Sci., 14 (8): 685-697, 2014, ISSN 1818-769,IDOSIPublications,2014DOI:10.5829/idosi.aejaes.2014.14.08.12375. https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/441b/23b83960f007044aca94e26f5c6b170fe102.pdf

Plant Species at Wadi Alkuf, Al-Jabal Al-Akhder, Libya 2014

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