Euphorbia meloformis

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Euphorbia meloformis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Euphorbia meloformis, Ait. Melon Spurge. Fig. 1446. Globose or pyriform, 3-5 in. thick, deeply 8-10-ribbed; ribs obscurely tuberculate on the almost acute angles; sides transversely dark and light green-striped, or wrinkled when old: Lvs. few and small: fls. at the depressed apex; the old forked branches of the infl. sub-persistent but not spinose. A few small branches similar to the main st. present. S. Afr. L.B.C. 5:436. A.G. 11:463.—A curious and rare plant, often mistaken for a cactus and showing extreme reduction in xerophytic euphorbias as Mammillaria does for the cacti. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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