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Phytolacca dodecandra
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Cecil Kop NR, Mutare
Photo: Bart Wursten
Cecil Kop NR, Mutare
Photo: Mark Hyde
Moir Close, Mandara
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| Status: | Native |
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Widespread perennial climber or scrambling shrub. The leaves are ovate-elliptic, tapering to a distinct, mucronate drip-tip; the leaf-base often asymmetrical. Inflorescences in long, erect racemes, white to creamy-green. |
| Notes: | The plants are poisonous and are known to cause deaths among sheep and cattle, which browse the leaves when grass is scarce. |
| Derivation of specific name: | dodecandra: with 12 stamens |
| Habitat: | In a variety of habitats. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 600 - 2000 m |
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| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E,S |
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Flora of Mozambique: Phytolacca dodecandraAfrican Plant Database: Phytolacca dodecandra
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Phytolacca dodecandra
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Phytolacca dodecandra
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Phytolacca dodecandra
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Phytolacca dodecandra
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Phytolacca dodecandra
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Phytolacca dodecandra
JSTOR Plant Science: Phytolacca dodecandra
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Phytolacca dodecandra
Tropicos: Phytolacca dodecandra
West African Plants database: Phytolacca dodecandra
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