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Synonyms: |
Sphaerostylis natalensis (Sond.) Croizat Tragia ambigua S. Moore Tragia ambigua S. Moore var. urticans S. Moore Tragia involucrata sensu Jacq. ex E. Mey. Tragia mitis Hochst. ex Müll. Arg. var. oblongifolia Müll. Arg. Tragia natalensis Sond. |
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Frequency: | |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Twining or scrambling perennial herb. Stems up to 3 m long, covered with a mixture of short soft hairs, longer stiff hairs and stinging bristles. Leaves elliptic-ovate to oblong-lanceolate, 3-14 cm long, cordate at the base, sparsely hairy above, more densely so beneath; margin serrate; petiole 0.5-8 cm long with similar hairs as the stems. Stipules linear-lanceolate, 4-7.5 mm long, green, sparsely hairy outside, hairless inside. Inflorescences 2-5.5 cm long on peduncles 1-3 cm long, more or less laxly few-flowered. Male flowers with calyx lobes broadly ovate, c. 1.5 mm wide, pale greenish-yellow. Female flowers with calyx lobes up to 8 × 3 mm, pinnatifid, 11-21-lobed, green and pale yellowish in the centre. Style largely fused into a column with 3 short stigmas recurved. Fruit deeply 3-lobed, 4.5 × 7 mm, smooth, evenly appressed pubescent, setose on the keels. |
Type location: |
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa |
Notes: | |
Derivation of specific name: | natalensis: of Natal, South Africa |
Habitat: | At margins of evergreen rain forest and riverine forest. |
Altitude range: (metres) | 200 - 1220 m |
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Worldwide distribution: | Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape South Africa. |
National distribution: | N,Z,MS,M |
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: | Monday 11 September 2017 |
Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 56. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 59. 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 213 - 214. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 89. |
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