Dorstenia poinsettiifolia var librevillensis

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Type

Herb
Body Stem ascending
Height Up to 1 m tall
Leaves In spirals, oblong to elliptic to lanceolate, occasionally three-lobed, sometimes broadest above the middle, sometimes with denticulate margin.
Flowers Solitary or in pairs, green or purplish, peduncle 1-2.5 cm long. Receptacle discoid and weakly to strongly convex. Flowering face elliptic to rhomboid, fringe 1-5mm broad, primary appendages 2, 3-12 cm long, sometimes unequal in length. Secondary appendagees up to 30 mm long.
Reproduction Seed
Area Cameroun and Gabon;
In forest;
At low altitudes
Taxonomical details Dorstenia poinsettiifolia Engler var. libreviillensis (De Wildeman) Hijman & C.C. Berg, Adansonia, Sér. 2, 16: 438. 1977. D. librevillensis  De Wildeman (1932); D. pierrei De Wildeman (1932).
 

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