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Sphedamnocarpus pruriens

Botanic Family

Malpighiaceae

Author

(A. Jussieu) Szyszylowicz

Common Names

• Canary Nettle

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Botswana
• Malawi
• Namibia
• Cape Province
• Natal
• Northern Provinces - South Africa
• Swaziland
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

Flowering Times

• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• Nov

Fruiting Times

Erect or scrambling sometimes scandent shrub or subshrub with rusty tomentose branches. Leaves pilose above, silky pilose or pilose-lanate beneath 50mm x 16mm. Axillary or terminal umbels of 30mm diameter yellow flowers, petals 100mm long, hairy pinkish-red winged fruit, silky wing to 40mm x 10mm

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Mobot
• Fzim
• Jstor
• Botanicus
• Niedenzu
• NYBG
• FOTA
• The Plant List 2