The Museum of Evolution Herbarium (UPS)

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Catalogue no.: V-1211195
Taxon: Euphorbia scheffleri Pax
Label: Euphorbia (§Somalica) sp. ?nov.
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Collector: M. G. Gilbert, Ensermu K. & K. Vollesen
Collector no.: 7709
Date: 1983 05 21
Country: Ethiopia
Province: Sumale
Locality: Sidamo: 37 km SE of Filtu on road to Dolo
Habitat: Rather dense woodland/buchland, Acacia, Commiphora & Euphorbia aff. scheffleri common; dark soil
Remarks: Shrublet c. 1.2 m high; flowers whitish
Attributes: Erect shrub to 4 m; branches in whorls, tending to persist as spine-like projections; latex very abundant and fast flowing; glands green
Coordinates: latDD 04.88333; longDD 040.9