Dorstenia psilurus Welw.

Herb up to 60 cm. tall in Flora area but to 2(–3) m. in var. scabra, rhizomatous; rhizome often ± tuberous; stems erect or ascending, often branched, ± 3(–5) mm. thick, puberulous.. Leaves in spirals, ± crowded at the apex of the stem; lamina papyraceous when dry, elliptic to obovate, (2–)5–19 × (1–)2–8 cm., apex acute to acuminate, base cuneate, margin denticulate to coarsely dentate or sometimes repand; both surfaces puberulous; lateral veins 5–8(–10) pairs; petiole 0.5–3.5 cm. long, 1–2 mm. thick; stipules narrowly triangular, 0.5–2(–4) mm. long, subpersistent.. Inflorescences solitary or in pairs; peduncle 0.6–5 cm. long, ± 0.5 mm. thick.. Receptacle vertical, naviculate; flowering face narrowly ovate to linear, 1.2–5.5 × 0.15–0.5 cm., margin almost lacking, sometimes up to 1.5 mm. wide; appendages 2, terminal, filiform, the upper one (20–)30–70(–100) mm. long, the lower one (1.2–)3–10(–30) mm. long.. Staminate flowers ± spaced; perianth-lobes 1–2(–3); stamens 1–2(–3).. Pistillate flowers 5–10(–22), most of them in a median row; perianth tubular; stigmas 2.. Endocarp-body subglobose to tetrahedral, ± 3 mm. in diameter, at least slightly tuberculate.

It is a tropical plant. It is often as an understorey shrub in old forests and near damp sites. It can be in savannah and is often near termite mounds. It grows up to 1,760 m above sea level.

It can be grown from seed or cuttings.