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Dorstenia tenera var. obtusibracteata

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Type

Herb
Body Rhizomatous, stem ascending, 2-5 mm thick
Height Up to 1 m tall
Leaves Elliptic to lanceolate, broadest in or above the middle, 2-22 x 1,5-8,5 cm
Flowers Solitary or in pairs, flower stem 0,5-5,5 cm long, flowering face plane to convex, 0,6-2 cm in diameter, fringe 0,5-1 mm broad, primary appendages 3-12, rather different in length between 0,3-2,2 cm long, secondary appendages 1-5, tooth-like.
Reproduction Seed
Area In Gabon, Cameroun;
In riverine forest, in moist places;
At low altitudes.
Taxonomical details D. tenera Bureau var. obtusibracteata (Engler) Hijman & C.C. Berg, Adansonia, Sér. 2. 16: 432. 1977. D. obtusibracteata Engler (1911a).
 

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