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Dorstenia alta
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Section |
Xylodorstenia |
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Type
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Shrub |
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Body |
Branched, leafy twigs |
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Height |
Up to 2 m tall |
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Leaves |
Elliptic to obovate or oblong, 3-20 x 2-8 cm |
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Flowers |
Solitary, greenish, flower stem 0,4-1,4 cm long.
Receptacle 1,5-4 cm long, two appendages, linear 0,7-3 cm long. |
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Reproduction |
Seed from frutescens |
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Area |
In Kenya and Tanzania, also in Congo;
In evergreen primary (or secondary) evergreen forest or in
riverine forest, often in limestone gorges;
At altitudes up to 1300 m. |
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Taxonomical details |
D. alta Engler, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 40: 545.
1908. D. orientalis De Wildeman (1932). |
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