Laportea peduncularis (Wedd.) Chew
subsp. peduncularis

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Laportea peduncularis subsp. peduncularis

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Tsetsera, Mozambique

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Synonyms:	Fleurya capensis var. mitis Wedd. Fleurya mitis Wedd. Fleurya peduncularis Wedd.
Common names:	River nettle (English) Stinging nettle (English)
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Status:	Native
Description:	Annual erect or ascending herb with scrambling or almost prostrate stems and erect branches, up to c. 1 m tall. All part with numerous stinging hairs. Leaves ovate, up to c. 10 × 7 cm, with short stiff hairs above and on the veins below, acuminate at the apex; margin serrate with up to 25 teeth each side. Petiole 4-6 cm long. Flowers in sparsely branched panicles in the upper leaf axils, unisexual, usually on the same plant. Male clusters c. 1 cm in diameter, in the lower axils; female clusters c. 6 mm in diameter on short, winged pedicels.
Notes:	Distinguished from the similar L. alatipes by the broader, more ovate leaves with fewer teeth and 5-merous male flowers.
Derivation of specific name:	peduncularis: stalked.
Habitat:	In the understorey of montane evergreen forest, often along paths and rivers.
Altitude range:	1100 - 1800 m
Flowering time:	Almost all year
Worldwide distribution:	From Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Mozambique distribution:	MS,GI
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Insects associated with this species:	Hypolimnas deceptor deceptor (Larval food plant) Hypolimnas anthedon wahlbergi (Larval food plant) Acraea burni (Larval foodplant)
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Content last updated:	Monday 31 May 2010
Literature:	Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 36. Friis, I. (1991). Urticaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(6) Pages 90 - 94. (Includes a picture). 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 82.

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Laportea peduncularis
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