Chaetachme | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Cannabaceae |
Genus: |
Chaetachme Planch. |
Species: | C. aristata
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Binomial name | |
Chaetachme aristata | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Chaetachme is a monotypic genus of flowering plants native to eastern and western Africa, including Madagascar, [3] containing the single species Chaetachme aristata. Its English common name is thorny elm, [4] and it is known as muyuyu in Kikuyu. [5] Traditionally placed in the Elm family, it is more recently placed in the family Cannabaceae, thought to be possibly closely related to Celtis.
Chaetachme aristata is a shrub or small tree growing up to 10 meters tall. It has drooping, angular branches covered with spines up to 3.5 centimeters in length. The lance-shaped leaves are up to 11 centimeters long by 5 centimeters wide, pointed at the tip and smooth or serrated on the edges. The shrub is dioecious and sexually dimorphic, with male and female flower types borne on separate individuals, [3] [6] although it may also be monoecious. [7]
This shrub is host to the mirid bug Volumnus chaetacme. [8]
The spiny branches of the shrub are used as fences in African villages. [5] [9]
Chaetachme | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Cannabaceae |
Genus: |
Chaetachme Planch. |
Species: | C. aristata
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Binomial name | |
Chaetachme aristata | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Chaetachme is a monotypic genus of flowering plants native to eastern and western Africa, including Madagascar, [3] containing the single species Chaetachme aristata. Its English common name is thorny elm, [4] and it is known as muyuyu in Kikuyu. [5] Traditionally placed in the Elm family, it is more recently placed in the family Cannabaceae, thought to be possibly closely related to Celtis.
Chaetachme aristata is a shrub or small tree growing up to 10 meters tall. It has drooping, angular branches covered with spines up to 3.5 centimeters in length. The lance-shaped leaves are up to 11 centimeters long by 5 centimeters wide, pointed at the tip and smooth or serrated on the edges. The shrub is dioecious and sexually dimorphic, with male and female flower types borne on separate individuals, [3] [6] although it may also be monoecious. [7]
This shrub is host to the mirid bug Volumnus chaetacme. [8]
The spiny branches of the shrub are used as fences in African villages. [5] [9]