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Dorstenia mannii var mannii
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Section |
Lomatophora |
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Type
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Herb |
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Body |
Ascending stem, often woody at the base |
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Height |
Up to 100 cm |
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Leaves |
Relatively large leaves, up to 21 by 10 cm,
smooth green |
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Flowers |
Often in pairs, receptacle dark purplish and
diamond shaped, 1,5 cm by 0,5 cm, appendages 4-14, length of the
appendages up to 10 cm long |
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Reproduction |
unknown, cuttings are possible and viable |
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Area |
In Nigeria, Cameroun, Gabon, Zaire and Congo;
In high forest or riverine forest, in most places;
At altitudes up to 700 m. |
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Taxonomical details |
D. mannii Hooker f. var . mannii.
D. intermedia Engler (1898); D. ophiocoma K.
Schumann & Engler (1894); D. ophiocoma var. longipes
Engler (1898); D. ophiocoma var. minor Rendle
(1916); D. vermoesenii De Wildeman (1932). |
Dorstenia mannii var mannii, authors collection Dorstenia mannii var mannii, authors collection Dorstenia mannii var mannii, authors collection
Dorstenia mannii var mannii, authors collection
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