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Dorstenia africana
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Section |
Nothodorstenia |
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Type
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Shrub |
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Body |
Shrub with spreading or
arching branches, leafy twigs |
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Height |
Up to 2,5 m tall |
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Leaves |
Long oval, 11-25 cm long by
2,5-7 cm wide |
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Flowers |
Mostly 2 or more together,
bright yellow, small, only 0,3-0,7 cm in diameter. No appendages |
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Reproduction |
Seed through infrutescens |
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Area |
From Southeast Nigeria,
Cameroun and Gabon;
I n rain forest, sometimes in secondary forest, often along
streams, locally frequent;
At altitudes up to 850 m. |
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Taxonomical details |
D. africana (Baillon)
C.C. Berg, Adansonia, Sér. 2, 16: 422. 1977. Craterogyne
africana (Baillon) Lanjouw (1935); Trymatococcus
africanus Baillon (1875); T. conrauanus Engler
(1902). |
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