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  • COMMON NAME: Ishaq, Ibriq
  • ARABIC: عسبج، عزبك
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Euphorbia larica Boiss.
  • SYNONYMS: Tirucalia larica (Boiss.) P.V.Heath
  • FAMILY: EUPHORBIACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Medicinal (M) Landscape (L) Apiculture (A) Other Uses (O)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Shrubs
  • HABITATS: Slope (Rocky)
  • TYPES: Perennial
  • REMARKS: Wadi Wurayah National Park (WWNP). Plants used by honeybees for nectar collection for honey production. When the plant dies, the branches fall outwards forming a circle.
Flora of the United Arab Emirates V1 & 2, Fawzi M.Karim, Nael M.Fawzi; reviewed by Fatima Al-Ansary. Al-Ain: United Arab Emirates University, 2007. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:347061-1 https://www.fujairahobserver.com/2022/07/02/fujairah-flora-euphorbia-larica/ Gary R. Feulner. 2014. The Flora of Wadi Wurayah National Park Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021. M.V.D jongbloed, G.R. Fuelner, B. Boer, A.R. Western. the comprehensive guide to the wild flowers of the United Arab Emirates. Environmental research and wildlife Development agency, Abu Dhabi, 2003.
Latex used for skin problems. treatment of bites, boils, burns. Dried branches used for thatching of roofs; latex used as glue to catch birds; used to catch fish by throwing branches into water – the fish are poisoned by the plant’s sap. Honey nectar plants.

Aphyllous shrub, forming large clumps, up to 80 cm high. Stems with milky juice, green, erect, thick or succulent, branched nearly from base, branches not at right angles to the main stem, mostly with white scars at branch tips show where old fruits once developed. Leaves caducous. Cyathia 3, the central sessile, lateral 2 pedunculate. Capsule globular, 3-7 mm across, which are reddish, with purple lines on the sutures. Seeds small, brown. Flowering from February-May.  

Rocky slopes of the mountains.
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