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Tragia pungens

Botanic Family

Euphorbiaceae

Author

(Forsskarl) Müller of Aargau

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Congo
• Djibouti
• Eritraea
• Ethiopia
• Saudi Arabia
• Somalia
• Sudan
• Uganda
• Yemen

Natural Habitats

• Montane areas

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Twining herbaceous climber or trailer with or without urticating hairs, puberulous bristly leaves 100mm x 40mm, terminal racemes, puberulous male bracts 2mm long, female bracts 3mm long, male flowers with 3 glabrous sepals, female calyx with 6 segments with stinging hairs, white bristly capsule 8mm across

Further References

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