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Tragia benthamii

Botanic Family

Euphorbiaceae

Author

Baker

Common Names

• Nsusa (Kiha)
• Climbing Nettle

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Congo
• Equatorial Guinea
• Ethiopia
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Gulf of Guinea Islands
• Ivory Coast
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Nigeria
• Tanzania
• Sudan
• Togo
• Uganda
• Zaire
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• riverside
• forest edge
• grassland
• secondary scrubland
• floodplain
• montane areas

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

• Mar

Herbaceous climber or trailer twining with stinging leaves & stems armed with stinging hairs, leaves bristly both surfaces 100mm x 50mm, lateral terminal racemes with male bracts to 2mm long, female bracts to 3mm long, white flowers, male flowers with 3 sepals, female calyx with 6 segments, sepals & calyx with stingng bristles, pale yellow bristly capsule to 8mm across

Further References

• Mobot
• Jstor
• FCP
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• Kew