| Euphorbia dendroides L., it is a shrub, stems up to 200 cm, apparently dichotomously branched. Leaves 25-65 x 3-8 mm, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, mucronulate. Ray-leaves like the cauline but rather shorter and wider, raylet-leaves broadly rhombic, yellowish. Rays 5-8, dichotomous. Glands suborbicular, irregularly lobed. Capsule 5-6 mm, the valves laterally compressed, smooth or nearly so. Seeds 3 mm, laterally compressed, grey. Life Form: N.Ph, Flowering in: Jan-May, Vern:———–, Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is Medit. Notes: Wild in Libya, in stony and rocky mound, medicinal plant.
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://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 |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Zliten-Misurata Plain | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder | Marmarica Plateau |
| Misurata 2008 | Wadi Derna 1967 Shahat 1978 El-Hamamah to Biada 2003 Wadi El-Kouf 2014 Wadi Derna 2017 Ain Mara 2020 Wadi Al-Kouf 2021 | (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 |
| 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. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses , Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| 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 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://www.mapress.com/j/pt/, https://www.biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.509.1.1 | An updated Marmarica Plateau flora 2021 |
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| 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/Yacoub-El-Barasi, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rebeh-Rahil | Vegetation Wadi Derna 2017 |
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| 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) |
