Candelabra Tree, Naboom (Euphorbia ingens)

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RWhiz Spring Valley, CA(Zone 10a) Sep 10, 2005

Candelabra Tree, Naboom
Euphorbia ingens

Tree 40-60 feet. On mature specimens the limbs can hang to the ground.

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palmbob Acton, CA(Zone 8b) Oct 12, 2006

pretty sure this is E abbysinica, not ingens

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RWhiz Spring Valley, CA(Zone 10a) Oct 12, 2006

Geoff, I have abyssinica all over the yard. I have four ingens. I sent Euphorbia Frank both this exact image and one very similar of abyssinica. He is the one who identified both for me. That was before I posted them to Plantfiles.

-Ron-

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palmbob Acton, CA(Zone 8b) Oct 12, 2006

But that seems to go against nearly every one else.. I will have to research this

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RWhiz Spring Valley, CA(Zone 10a) Oct 12, 2006

Geoff, the one you have posted under E. ingens that is close up and shows it blooming is actually E. abyssinica. Check out the images of E. abyssinica that I posted and you will see the similarity.

When the two plants are together, there are very obvious differences. The E. abyssinica is almost spineless (just very tiny and miniscule in the indentations), the E. ingens spines are very bovious. The edges of E. abyssinica are very straight, E. ingens is somewhat wavy. E. abyssinica has a lighter green color with a slight yellowish cast. E. ingens is quite green. E. abyssinica has those huge fruits and seems to bloom much heavier.

-Ron-

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palmbob Acton, CA(Zone 8b) Oct 12, 2006

Ron, the folks I have learned from out here in So Cal, and repeatedly insist they are right (admittedly no professors in botany) all have been showing me that it is E ingens that is basically spineless and does not make leaves. One of these camps is wrong, obviously, but since I grew up learning one way, it will take me some while to agree to the other, particularly since there is a large number of growers that think otherwise. So for now, I will go what seems to be the 'majority', though we all know the majority is not always correct. If you google E ingens, by far the most photos show it to be what I always knew it to be... but have to admit there many plants listed there that are obviously not E ingens, or even abyssinica. So what I need to do is research in a real library, and select some literature that is less refutable than what we all see on the internet. I hope I will find some reputable sources by someone who lives in Africa, where this plant grows ( I think).

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