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Tragia brevipes

Botanic Family

Euphorbiaceae

Author

Pax

Common Names

• Isusa (Kirundi)

Geographical Habitats

• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Eritraea
• Ethiopia
• Kenya
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Rwanda
• Somalia
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Zaire
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

• Montane forest
• woodland edge
• riverine forest
• thicket
• lakeside
• forest margins

Flowering Times

• Mar
• Jun
• Nov

Fruiting Times

Stinging twiner with pubescent stems, pubescent serrate leaves 100mm x 50mm with stinging bristles, lateral & terminal racemes with bracts, female bracts larger than male, male flower with 3 pubescent sepals, female calyx with 6 segments densely clothed with silky hairs & stinging bristles, pale yellow flowers, pale yellow hirsute bristly capsule 8mm across

Further References

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