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Candelabra cactus and kopje boulder |
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Serengeti National Park, Tanzania - Euphorbia candelabrum is a succulent species of plant in the Euphorbiaceae family. It received the second part of its name from its trademark E. candelabrum is endemic to the Horn of Africa and eastern Africa along the Rift Valley system. It is known in Ethiopia by its Amharic name qwolqwal.
Some authorities further divide this species into two sub-species, Euphorbia candelabrum var. bilocularis and Euphorbia candelabrum var. candelabrum.
E. candelabrum was used in traditional Ethiopian medicine. Mixed with clarified honey, its sap was used as a purgative to cure syphilis, and when mixed with other medicinal plants as a salve to treat the symptoms of leprosy.
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