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Dorstenia poinsettiifolia var. longicauda
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Section |
Lomatophora |
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Type
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Herb |
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Body |
Rhizomatous, stem ascending, woody towards the
base |
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Height |
Up to 1 m tall |
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Leaves |
In spirals, oblong to elliptic to lanceolate,
occasionally three-lobed. |
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Flowers |
Inflorescenses purplish, peduncl 2-6 cm long,
receptacle discoid and plane. Flowering face elliptic, sometimes
triangular , up to 2,5 x 1,3 cm, fringe up to 3 mm broad.
Primary appendages 2, 10-18 cm long, sometiimes toothed.
Secondary appendages 6-30, up to 4 cm long. |
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Reproduction |
Seed from fruit |
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Area |
In Cameroun and Gabon;
In primary and secondary forest;
At altitudes up to 950m. |
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Taxonomical details |
D. poinsettiifolia
Engler var. longicauda (Engler) Hijman & C.C. Berg,
Adansoniia Sér. 2, 16: 437. 1977. D. longicauda Engler
(1914). |
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