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Dorstenia kameruniana
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Section |
Nothodorstenia |
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Type
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Shrub or subshrub |
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Body |
Few or many stiff or weak
branches with leafy twigs |
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Height |
Usually 0,5-3 m but
sometimes up to 6 m |
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Leaves |
Longly oval 9-16 cm by
2,5-7 cm |
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Flowers |
Often solitary but
sometimes more together, whitish, small, 0,3-0,8 cm diameter, no
appendages |
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Reproduction |
Seed in frutescens |
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Area |
The main and central part
of the disjunct distribution occupies the central and northern
part of Zaire and extends westwards through the Central African
Republic to souther Cameroun, southward to Angola (east of
Luanda) and eastwards to Uganda. In West Africa the species
ranges from Southeast Guinea (region of Mount Nimba)to Southeast
Ghana. In East Africa the species is found in some areas in East
Tanzania;
In all partial areas in evergreen forest, sometimes in secondary
forest, often along streams. In the central part of the species
area often in gallery forest;
At altitudes up to ca 1300o m (in Uganda). |
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Taxonomical details |
D. kameruniana
Engler. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20: 142. 1894. Craterogyne
kameruniana (Engler) Lanjouw (1935); D. amoena A.
Chevalier (1912); Trymatococcus gilletii De Wildeman
(1904); T. kamerunianus (Engler) Engler (1898); T.
kamerunianus var welwitschii Engler (1898); T.
usambarensis Engler (1902). |
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