Tragia mazoensis Radcl.-Sm.

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Mtoroshanga Pass, Great Dyke

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Mpinge Pass, Great Dyke

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Kopje Tops, Mavhuradonha Wilderness Area

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Frequency:	Local
Status:	Native
Description:	Erect perennial herb, up to 40 cm high, with several stems growing from a woody rootstock. Nettle-like, irritating and painful to the skin when touched. Leaves linear-lanceiolate, 1-4 cm long, 3-5-veined from the base, sparsely velvety on both surfaces and with irritant bristles on the midrib and main veins beneath; margin entire or with a few apical teeth; petiole 1-2 mm long or leaves subsessile. Flowers unisexual on different plants. Male inflorescences terminal, up to 9 cm long; female inflorescences leaf-opposed, up to 4 cm long. Fruit 6 × 8 mm, 3-lobed, smooth, densely covered in stinging bristles.
Notes:	Closely related to T. lukafuensis from Zambia, differing mainly in the leaf margins being entire or sparsely toothed near the apex.
Derivation of specific name:	mazoensis: of the Mazoe area in northern Zimbabwe.
Habitat:	Restricted to the northern Great Dyke, on open grassy hillsides, often associated with termite mounds.
Altitude range: (metres)	1200 - 1500 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Northern Zimbabwe only
Zimbabwe distribution:	N
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Endemic status:	Endemic
Red data list status:	Data deficient
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Images last updated:	Saturday 2 March 2013
Literature:	Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 180. Mapaura, A. (2002). Endemic Plant Species of Zimbabwe. Kirkia 18(1) Page 140. 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) Pages 220 - 222. (Includes a picture).

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