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Plukenetia africana

Botanic Family

Euphorbiaceae

Author

Sonder

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Botswana
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Transvaal - South Africa
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Twining herb with puberulous stems, hirsute dentate leaves 75mm x 16mm, lateral or leaf-opposed racemes with bracts of male flowers, male flowers with glabrous 4-lobed calyx, female flowers solitary with pubescent 4-lobed calyx, horned capsule 6mm wide

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• Kew