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Synonyms: |
Tragia mitis var. genuina Müll. Arg. Tragia velutina Pax Tragia volkensii Pax |
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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Climbing perennial herb with stinging hairs. Stems up to 3 m long, growing from a woody rootstock. Leaves ovate, up to c. 13 cm long, cordate at the base but never lobed, more or less hairy above and on the midrib and veins below; margin dentate. Inflorescences terminal or leaf-opposed, up to 14 cm long. Flowers unisexual on the same inflorescence. Fruit 3-lobed, 5 × 9 mm, smooth, yellow-green with rough hairs on the ribs of the lobes. |
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Habitat: | In submontane evergreen and riverine forest and high-rainfall miombo woodland. |
Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1800 m |
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Worldwide distribution: | From Cameroon to Somalia and South to Mozambique and Zimbabwe. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W |
Growth form(s): | Climber. |
Endemic status: | |
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Insects associated with this species: | Eurytela dryope angulata (Larval foodplant) |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Thursday 29 January 2009 |
Literature: |
Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 43. Radcliffe-Smith, A. (1996). Euphorbiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(4) Page 229. |
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