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Tragia senegalensis

Botanic Family

Euphorbiaceae

Author

Müller of Aargau

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Benin
• Burkina Faso
• Cameroon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea Bissau
• Ivory Coast
• Mali
• Nigeria
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Togo

Natural Habitats

• Savanna
• forest
• woodland

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Erect perennial with scrambling or twining stems armed with stinging hairs, leaves bristly both surfaces 100mm x 50mm, terminal & lateral racemes with pilose bracts, males 2mm, females 3mm long, males with 3 puberulous sepals, female calyx coriaceous with 3 segments 5mm long, sparingly bristly capsule 8mm across

Further References

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