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Acalypha welwitschiana
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Path to Namuli Peak, Mt Namuli, Mozambique
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Path to Namuli Peak, Mt Namuli, Mozambique
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Path to Namuli Peak, Mt Namuli, Mozambique
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Acalypha angolensis Müll. Arg. Ricinocarpus angolensis (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze Ricinocarpus welwitschianus (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze |
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| Description: | A bushy perennial, up to 2m, sometimes a suffrutex with annual stems. Leaves ovate-elliptic to lanceolate, up to 13 × 7.5 cm, 3-5-veined from the base, somewhat hairy on both surfaces; margin crenate-dentate; petiole 0.5-5 cm long, often with glands near the apex. Male and female flowers normally on the same plant, male spikes up to 9 cm long, axillary, pinkish; female inflorescences often both terminal and axillary, cylindric to ovoid, greenish with long reddish styles and green wedge-shaped bracts. | |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Burundi, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia. | |
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| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 431. (Includes a picture). Radcliffe-Smith, A. (1996). Euphorbiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(4) Page 191. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 84. |
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