|
|
|
Dorstenia lujae var. lujae
|
Section |
Lomatophora |
No image yet |
|
Type
|
Herb |
|
Body |
Rhizomatous, stem ascending, 2,5 mm thick, woody
at the base |
|
Height |
Up to 1,2 m tall |
|
Leaves |
Elliptic to oblong or obovate, sometimes narrowed
below the middle |
|
Flowers |
Solitary or in pairs, greenish to purplish,
flower stem 1,5-5 cm long, flowering face round to irregular
shaped, 0,7-2,5 cm in diameter, numerous appendages, primary
appendages 10-15, up to 3 cm long, longer then the diameter of
the flowering face. Has several lateral appendages. |
|
Reproduction |
Seed |
|
Area |
In Congo, S Gabon and Cameroun (two localities);
In forest, in moist places along rivers;
At altitudes up to 800 m. |
|
Taxonomical details |
D. lujae De Wildeman var. batesii (Rendle)
Hijman, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, Sér. 4, 3(sect. B),
Adansonia 3: 316. 1981. D. batesii Rendle (1915); D.
harmsiana Engler var. batesii (Rendle) Hijman & C.C.
Berg (1977). |
| |
|
