Dorstenia schliebenii Mildbr.

Herb up to 1 m. tall, rhizomatous; stems erect or ascending, unbranched, up to ± 5 mm. thick, minutely puberulous to yellowish hirtellous, the lower part woody.. Leaves in spirals; lamina chartaceous to subcoriaceous when dry, subobovate or obovate, 6–15 × 2–5 cm., apex acute to obtuse, base cuneate to obtuse or cordate, margin entire, sometimes coarsely dentate; upper surface scabrous, lower surface scabrous, partly puberulous (mainly on the veins) or minutely puberulous to yellowish hirtellous; venation impressed and conspicuous above, lateral veins 6–10 pairs; petiole 0.5–1.5 cm. long, 1–3 mm. thick; stipules narrowly triangular to subulate, 2–4.5 mm. long, subpersistent.. Inflorescences solitary or sometimes in pairs; peduncle 0.5–1.2 cm. long.. Receptacle slightly to distincdy zygomorphic, discoid and plane, elliptic to subcircular to multiangular, 2–3 × 1.2–1.5 cm., margin 3–5 mm. wide, with conspicuous radiating stripes; appendages in 1 row, primary ones 2, terminal, linear to spathulate, 5–7 mm. long, secondary ones numerous, lateral, tooth-shaped, up to 4 mm. long.. Staminate flowers ± crowded; perianth-lobes 2–3.. Pistillate flowers less numerous; perianth tubular; stigmas 2.. Endocarp-body tetrahedral, ± 2.5 mm. in diameter, tuberculate.. Fig. 12.