Phytolacca dodecandra L'Hér.

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Phytolacca dodecandra

Photo: Bart Wursten
Cecil Kop NR, Mutare

Phytolacca dodecandra

Photo: Bart Wursten
Cecil Kop NR, Mutare

Phytolacca dodecandra

Photo: Mark Hyde
Moir Close, Mandara

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Status: Native
Description:
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:
Derivation of specific name: dodecandra: with 12 stamens
Habitat: In a variety of habitats.
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Worldwide distribution:
Mozambique distribution: N,Z,T,MS,GI
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Other sources of information about Phytolacca dodecandra:

African Plant Database: Phytolacca dodecandra
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Phytolacca dodecandra
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Phytolacca dodecandra
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Phytolacca dodecandra
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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


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Stefaan Dondeyne 2007-13

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Dondeyne, S. (2013). Flora of Mozambique: Species information: Phytolacca dodecandra.
http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=122690, retrieved 25 May 2013

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