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Pupalia lappacea

Botanic Family

Amaranthaceae

Author

(Linnaeus) Jussieu

Common Names

• Djembrengan
• Tjaki (New Guinea)

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Congo (R )
• Eritraea
• Ethiopia
• Gambia
• Ghana
• India
• Bali
• Java
• Sulawesi - Indonesia
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Malaysia
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• New Guinea
• Nigeria
• Philippines
• Senegal
• Somalia
• Tanzania
• Uganda

Natural Habitats

• Shrubland
• forest
• shade
• riverside
• hedgerows
• grassland

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Mar

Fruiting Times

• Dec

Herbaceous tomentose vine or straggling undershrub with leaves to 175mm x 70mm, pale green sticky bristly fruit, white & brown flowers in terminal and axillary pilose spikes to 350mm long with hairy bracts with hooked tips. Pale green tepals white-pilose outside, glabrous within to 5mm long. Utricle to 2.5mm long

Further References

• Mobot
• JDH
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• Flora Malesiana