Dorstenia poinsettiifolia var. staudtii

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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 dentate towards the apex.
Flowers Inflorescenses solitary, purplish, peduncle 1-1.5 cm long. Receptacle discoid and plane. Flowering face suborbicular to subrhomboid, fringe ca. 2 mm broad. Primary appendages 3-6, 0.3-1.1 cm long. Seecondary appendagees up to 1 mm long.
Reproduction Seed through fruit
Area In Cameroun;
In primary forest, en wet places;
At altitudes up to 1000 m.
Taxonomical details Dorstenia poinsettiifolia Engler var. staudtii (Engler) Hijman & C.C. Berg, Adansonia, Sér 2, 16: 440. 1977. D. staudtii Engler (1898); D. subrhombiformis Engler (1914).
 

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