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Description
Euphorbia tescorum It is a succulent and robust shrub that forms large groups of 2-3 m in diameter, with numerous branches extending upward from the base, sparsely branched above 1.5 (-2) m high, the branches with (4 - ) 5-6 (-8) 8.4 cm thick angles, ± constrained at 10-30 cm intervals.

Habitat
Found on rocky soil, often on lava soil, with Acacia and Commiphora scrub; on lava rock plains with soft, wet mud underneath; at an altitude of 400-1500 m alt. They are often locally abundant.

It is very similar to Euphorbia heterochroma.

Taxonomy
Euphorbia tescorum was described by Susan Carter Holmes and published in Records of the Albany Museum 4: 93. 1931.2]]

[|Etymology]

Euphorbia: generic name that derives from the Greek physician of [|King Juba II] of [|Mauritania] (52 to 50 BC - 23), Euphorbus, in his honor - or in allusion to his large belly - since he used [|Euphorbia resinifera] medically. In 1753 Carlos Linnaeus assigned the name to the entire genus.3