Euphorbia dendroides L.

General Appearance

Euphorbia dendroides L., it is an erect, apparently dichotomously branched shrub, up to 2 m high, naked below, leafy on the young branches, glabrous. Leaves alternate, oblanceolate to linear lanceolate, 25-65 x 3-8 mm, entire obscurely to shortly mucronulate, with a single mid-vein, exstipulate, present on current years’ branches. Ray-leaves shorter and broader, like the cauline leaves, umbellate rays (3-) 5-8 (-10), dichotomous; raylet leaves broadly rhombic or suborbicular, c. 10 (-12) mm, yellowish. Cyathia c. 5 mm across above; glands suborbicular, irregularly lobed. Capsules 5-6 mm, the valves laterally compressed, smooth or nearly so, shortly hairy. Seeds 3 mm, laterally compressed, grey, smooth.

Flowering in: Jan-May.

Life Form

N.Ph

Phytochoria

MED. The native range of this species is Medit.

Distribution in Libya

Zliten-Misurata Plain: Misurata 2008

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder: Wadi Derna, on dry slopes, between the town and waterfall 1967 Shahat 1978 El-Hamamah to Biada 2003 Wadi El-Kouf 2014 Wadi Derna 2017 Ain Mara 2020 Wadi Al-Kouf 2021

Marmarica Plateau: (30 km) before Al-Tamimi, on way back from Tobruk 1975 From Tobruk to Egyptian Border 1999 Marmarica (north-eastern part of Libya) 2002 Dafna region (Tobruk to Msaid) 2008

Notes

Wild in Libya, in stony and rocky mound, medicinal plant.

This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:346252-1

Link of images: https://dryades.units.it/floritaly/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&tipo=all&id=2898, https://www.maltawildplants.com/EUPH/Euphorbia_dendroides.php, https://florealpes.com/fiche_euphorbiadendro.php, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/eupden/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphorbia_dendroides

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:346252-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/346252-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000961698, https://www.gbif.org/species/3067398, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/143043/euphorbia-dendroides-l, https://www.maltawildplants.com/EUPH/Euphorbia_dendroides.php, https://botany.cz/cs/euphorbia-dendroides/, https://florealpes.com/fiche_euphorbiadendro.php, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=25539, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/eupden/, https://dryades.units.it/floritaly/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&tipo=all&id=2898, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphorbia_dendroides

Bibliographic References

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. 20.

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

Al-Traboulsi, M. & Alaib, M.A. (2021) A Survey of medicinal plants of Wadi Al-Kouf in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya. NAT. CROAT, VOL. 30. No 2. (389-404), ZAGREB. December 31, 2021. https://hrcak.srce.hr/269442, https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/390805

Medicinal plants of Wadi Al-Kouf in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya. 2021

Saaed, M.W.B., EL-Barasi, Y.M. & Rahil, R.O. (2021) An updated checklist and quantitative analysis of the Marmarica Plateau flora, in the north-eastern part of Libya. Phytotaxa 509 (1): 001-055. https://phytotaxa.mapress.com/pt/article/view/phytotaxa.509.1.1

An-updated-checklist-and-quantitative-analysis-of-the-Marmarica-Plateau-flora-مضغوط

Al-Maqsabi, F. M. & Makhlouf, M. A. (2020) Vegetation cover in the Ain Mara region, Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar region – Libya. The Libyan Journal of Science (An International Journal): Volume 23, 2020. (In Arabic) https://uot.edu.ly/journals/index.php/ljs/article/view/122, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Farag-Elmokasabi-2

الغطاء النباتي في منطقة عين مارة بمنطقة الجبل الاخضر2020

Ab-Aziza, F.B., El–Barasi, Y.M. and Rahil, R.O. (2017) Flora, Vegetation and Human Activities of Wadi Derna-El-Jabal. Research article I Botany l Version 1. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Fatma-Abuaziza, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yacoub-El-Barasi, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rebeh-Rahil

Flora, Vegetation and Human Activities of Wadi Derna. 2017

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

Baayo, Kh. A. (2008): Floristic composition and Phytochorological Analysis of Misratah area, Libya, Assiut Univ.J. of Botany 37(2), P-P. 33-78 (2008).

Barrani, M. W. (2008) A study of environmental degradation factors in the semi-desert Dafna Region-Libya. Master Thesis-Department of Science and environmental Engineering-Postgraduate Academy Benghazi branch. (In Arabic).

Al-Sodany, Y. M., Shehata, M. N. & Shaltout, K. H. (2003): Vegetation along an elevation gradient in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya. ecologia mediterranea, tome 29, fascicule 2, 2003, p. 125-138. https://www.persee.fr/doc/ecmed_0153-8756_2003_num_29_2_1547, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yassin-Al-Sodany, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kamal-Shaltout

Vegetation along an elevation gradient in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya. 2003

El-Shaary M.S. (2002). The Natural Vegetation in Marmarica plateau (North-eastern Libya). First ed. Tobruk (Libya): Published by the local Authority. (In Arabic).

EL-Habony, A.M. (1999) Vegetation and flora of a sector along Mediterranean cost of Libya from Tobruk to Egyptian border, M.Sc. Thesis, Botany Department-Faculty of Science-Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya. (In Arabic).