Euphorbia nyikae Pax

  • Filed As

    Euphorbiaceae
    Euphorbia nyikae Pax

  • Collector(s)

    H. Balslev 46, 18 Oct 1974

  • Location

    Tanzania. Tanga. T 3, Handeni, 63 miles N of Chalinze (joint Moshi-Dar and Morogoro - roads) at Moshi road.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 04048271

    Occurrence ID: b42fff8e-1f20-4c6e-82c7-5620a3aac3c9

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Malpighiales

  • Family

    Euphorbiaceae

  • All Determinations

    Euphorbia nyikae Pax

  • Region

    Africa

  • Country

    Tanzania

  • State/Province

    Tanga

  • Locality

    T 3, Handeni, 63 miles N of Chalinze (joint Moshi-Dar and Morogoro - roads) at Moshi road.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 480 m. (1575 ft.)

  • Location Notes

    [Africa]

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046; Euphorbia nyikae Pax
Habitat': Small hills with miombo-like vegetation, but
some places with dense thorn-bush thickets and clinging,
plants in the trees. Soil light brown.
Description: Tree, 14 m tall, with single or bifurcate
trunk Branches horizontal from the trunk, the lower ones
falling off. Crown ovate, 3 m in diam. Trunk 25 cm in
diam. Plant sterile.
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(Herbarium Jutlandicum [AAU], Aarhus, Denmark)
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Flora of Tanzania
Collected 1974 by Henrik Balslev
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63 nils N of Chalinze (joint Moshi-,
Dar- and Morogoro-roads) at Moshi-
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