Taxon: Euphorbia candelabrum Kotschy

Species on the following lists:

• CITES Appendix II
  
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Common names:

• candelabra-tree   (Source: Zander Ency ) – English
  
• Kandelaber-Wolfsmilch   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  
• stor kaktuseuforbia   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Northeast Tropical Africa: Ethiopia; Somalia; Sudan
  East Tropical Africa: Kenya; Tanzania; Uganda
  West-Central Tropical Africa: Burundi; Rwanda; Zaire [e.]
  South Tropical Africa: Malawi; Zambia; Zimbabwe

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
• Carter, S. 1985. Euphorbia candelabrum, a question of validity (Euphorbiaceae). Taxon 34:701. [treats E. candelabrum Welw. as not validly published].
• Eggli, U., ed. 2002. Illustrated handbook of succulent plants: Dicotyledons.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2000. World checklist and bibliography of Euphorbiaceae.
• Leach, L. C. 1986. Euphorbia candelabrum Welw. and related matters. Taxon 35:711–714. [treats E. candelabrum Kotschy as later homonym of E. candelabrum Welw. (1855)].
• Leach, L. C. 1992. Euphorbia candelabrum auctt. Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 21:91–95. [treats E. candelabrum Kotschy as later homonym of E. candelabrum Welw. (1855)].
• Thulin, M., ed. 1993–. Flora of Somalia.
• Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa.

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Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Euphorbia candelabrum.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Euphorbia candelabrum.

Check other web resources for Euphorbia candelabrum Kotschy:

• On-line Flora of Zimbabwe
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

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