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Tragia plukenetii
Tragia plukenetii
- Botanic Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Author
- Radcliffe-Smith
Common Names
Geographical Habitats
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Djibouti
- Eritraea
- Ethiopia
- C. & S. India
- Kenya
- Malawi
- Mozambique
- Nigeria
- Somalia
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Uganda
- Zaire
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Natural Habitats
- Floodplain grassland
- bushland
- woodland
- coastal
- wasteland
- scrubland
Flowering Times
Fruiting Times
Herbaceous erect or suberect herb sometimes twining with maroon stems with white stinging hairs, bad-smelling, 3-5 parted leaves 60mm x 20mm glabrous above bristly on nerves beneath, lateral racemes with male & female flowers, bracts on male 2mm long on female 3mm long, male flowers with 3 glabrous sepals, femae calyx 6 segments with white bristles, deeply 3-lobed setose capsule 8mm across
Further References
- Mobot
- FZ
- Jstor
- The Plant List 2
- FOTA
- Kew