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Faurea saligna
General Info – summary This graceful small Tree has a straight trunk and may reach 10+m high. The dark bark becomes furrowed lengthwise. Lanceolate drooping Leaves have entire margins; are up to 13cm long and stipules are absent. Small 15cm long spikes of bisexual Flowers are tubular with 4 sessile anthers and a single ovary […]
Faurea galpinii
General Info – summary This Tree may reach 10+m high or is shrub like. Bark is grey and smooth to rough. Evergreen simple, leathery, lanceolate, entire Leaves lack stipules. Small bisexual Flowers develop in spikes with bristle-like hairs and long styles. Here 4 anthers, a single pistil with a superior ovary and a long persistent stigma are […]
Faidherbia albida
General Info – summary This large, quick growing Tree is up to 30m high and may have deep roots. The trunk becomes rough and dark brown. The bipinnate Leaves have paired spinescent stipules and new leaves appear in winter. The small, zygomorphic, bisexual yellow Flowers are in creamy spikes. 5 white petals surround many stamens. […]
Euphorbia triangularis
Euphorbia triangularis General Info – Summary This Tree with 3-5 angled branches may reach 18m high. More than 1 stem-like branches may develop. Branchlets curve upwards, forming a candelabra-like head. Paired spines along margins on spine shields. Young, green stems replace Leaves for photosynthesis. Small yellowish, unisexual Flowers in cyathia, lack a perianth & have […]
Euphorbia tirucalli
Euphorbia tirucalli General Info – Summary This spineless, succulent, straight stemmed Tree with its rough grey bark is up to 8+m high. Greenish branchlets are cylindrical. Small Leaves fall early. Unisexual yellow Flowers lack a perianth and are in cyathia. Each male flower has 1 stamen. Female flowers have 1 pistil. Coloured bracts and nectar […]
Euphorbia tetragona
Euphorbia tetragona General Info – summary The robust candelabra-shaped Tree has toxic milky latex and is up to 12m high. 2-5 branches end in small crowns. Initially green branchlets are usually squarish. Young green stems have paired spines on separate horny spine shields. Short-lived Leaves are small. Much reduced unisexual yellow-green Flowers are in a […]