Home | > | List of cultivated families | > | Euphorbiaceae | > | Caperonia | > | fistulosa |
Synonyms: |
Caperonia buchananii Baker Caperonia palustris sensu Prain |
|
Common names: | ||
Description: | Robust annual herb up to 1.5 m tall with a hollow, somewhat inflated stem up to 2 cm in diameter, more or less densely covered in whitish, non-glandular ciliate hairs. Leaves alternate, elliptic-ovate, up to 12 cm long; margin serrate; petiole up to 2 cm long; stipules ovate-lanceolate, 2-8 mm long, slightly fimbriate. Inflorescences axillary, up to 10 cm long. Flowers unisexual with male flowers soon falling and 1-3 female flowers per inflorescence; sepals green; petals white. Fruit 3-lobed, 7-9 mm wide, coarsely echinate. | |
Notes: | ||
Derivation of specific name: | ||
Flowering time: | ||
Worldwide distribution: | From Mali to Somalia and South to Namibia, Botswana, Zambia and Malawi. | |
Growth form(s): | ||
Insects associated with this species: | ||
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species | |
Content last updated: | Sunday 11 March 2018 | |
Literature: |
Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 47. Radcliffe-Smith, A. (1996). Euphorbiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(4) Page 140. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 56. |
Home | > | List of cultivated families | > | Euphorbiaceae | > | Caperonia | > | fistulosa |