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Pouzolzia parasitica
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Cloudlands layby, Vumba
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Cloudlands layby, Vumba
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| Synonyms: |
Pouzoliza procridioides (Wedd.) Wedd. Urtica parasitica Forssk. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial scrambling herb, stems erect or ascending, up to 1 m, growing from a woody rhizome. Leaves alternate, up to 10 × 5 cm, ovate to lanceolate, scattered stiff hairs on the upper surface, softer hairs on the veins below; margin coarsely serrate. Petiole and stems covered in short erect hairs. Flowers in small dense clusters in the upper leaf axils, surrounded by narrowly triangular bracts, unisexual. Fruit an achene, c. 2.5 mm, shiny white, enclosed in the persistent perianth. |
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| Habitat: | In high rainfall woodland, submontane evergreen forest, riverine forest, moist tall grassland, usually in shade of dense vegetation, often on termite hills. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1000 - 1500 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Yemen, Ethiopia, Somalia, Cameroon, E DRC, Angola, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, S Africa. Also recorded from S America. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | C,E,S |
| Growth form: | P |
| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Thursday 10 May 2007 |
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comments powered by DisqusOther sources of information about Pouzolzia parasitica:
Flora of Mozambique: Pouzolzia parasiticaAfrican Plant Database: Pouzolzia parasitica
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Pouzolzia parasitica
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Pouzolzia parasitica
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Pouzolzia parasitica
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Pouzolzia parasitica
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Pouzolzia parasitica
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Pouzolzia parasitica
JSTOR Plant Science: Pouzolzia parasitica
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Pouzolzia parasitica
Tropicos: Pouzolzia parasitica
West African Plants database: Pouzolzia parasitica
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