Dorstenia kameruniana | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Moraceae |
Genus: | Dorstenia |
Species: | D. kameruniana
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Binomial name | |
Dorstenia kameruniana Engl.
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Dorstenia kameruniana is a herbaceous plant species within the family Moraceae.
A shrub or small tree with thick leafy stems, sometimes reaching 6 m (20 ft) tall but often 3 m (10 ft) or less. Leaves have a distichous arrangement with a surface that is paper to leathery. [1] The outline of the leaflets is lanceolate to elliptic, the length can reach 22 cm (9 in) and width capable of reaching 9 cm (3.5 in), while the margin tends to be dentate to lobed. The Inflorescence is commonly solitary, the peduncle is 2–9 mm (0.08–0.35 in) long. [1]
Found in parts of West Africa in Guinea eastwards to Ivory Coast and then in Central and Eastern Africa from Cameroun to Tanzania. [1] Occurs as an understorey in humid and gallery forests or at the edges of savannahs. [2]
Dorstenia kameruniana | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Moraceae |
Genus: | Dorstenia |
Species: | D. kameruniana
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Binomial name | |
Dorstenia kameruniana Engl.
|
Dorstenia kameruniana is a herbaceous plant species within the family Moraceae.
A shrub or small tree with thick leafy stems, sometimes reaching 6 m (20 ft) tall but often 3 m (10 ft) or less. Leaves have a distichous arrangement with a surface that is paper to leathery. [1] The outline of the leaflets is lanceolate to elliptic, the length can reach 22 cm (9 in) and width capable of reaching 9 cm (3.5 in), while the margin tends to be dentate to lobed. The Inflorescence is commonly solitary, the peduncle is 2–9 mm (0.08–0.35 in) long. [1]
Found in parts of West Africa in Guinea eastwards to Ivory Coast and then in Central and Eastern Africa from Cameroun to Tanzania. [1] Occurs as an understorey in humid and gallery forests or at the edges of savannahs. [2]