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Flueggea virosa subsp. virosa Schumach. & Thonn.

Subspecies

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Characteristics

Shrubs, 10–60 dm. Stems sharply angled when young. Leaves: petiole 2–9 mm; blade elliptic to obovate, 2–5 × 1–3 cm, base acute-cuneate, apex rounded to acute. Inflorescences: staminate 20–40-flowered, pistillate 3–10-flowered. Pedicels: staminate 3–6 mm, pistillate 1.5–5(–12) mm. Staminate flowers: sepals ovate to elliptic, 0.8–1.5 mm; pistillode 1.2–2.2 mm, nearly as long as stamens. Pistillate flowers: sepals ovate to elliptic, 0.7–1 mm. Berries white, 3–5 mm diam. Seeds brown, 1.7–2.4(–3) mm. 2n = 26 (Africa, Asia).
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Many-stemmed shrub up to 2 m high or small tree up to 4 m high. Leaves simple, crowded along branchlets, elliptic to obovate, usually 25 x 15 mm, thinly textured. Fruit small, 4 mm in diameter, dull white when mature, spherical. Flowers creamy green.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature height (meter) 2.0 - 4.0
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Environment

Light -
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Soil texture 7-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food environmental use food fuel material medicinal non-vertebrate poison social use vertebrate poison
Edible fruits seeds
Therapeutic use Larvicide (unspecified), Paralysis (unspecified), Paresis (unspecified), Piscicide (unspecified)
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Flueggea virosa subsp. virosa world distribution map, present in Angola, Andorra, Benin, Burkina Faso, Bangladesh, Botswana, Central African Republic, China, Cabo Verde, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Kenya, Moldova (Republic of), Madagascar, Mali, Myanmar, Mozambique, Mauritania, Namibia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Réunion, Rwanda, Sudan, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, eSwatini, Chad, Togo, Thailand, Taiwan, Province of China, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, Yemen, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:169798-3
WFO ID wfo-0000967258
COL ID 5HCXC
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 709135
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Synonyms

Phyllanthus angulatus Phyllanthus dioicus Phyllanthus hamrur Phyllanthus leucophyllus Securinega grisea Acidoton griseus Acidoton obovatus Bessera inermis Xylophylla obovata Phyllanthus portoricensis Securinega abyssinica Securinega leucopyrus Acidoton phyllanthoides Securinega obovata Cicca obovata Cicca pentandra Flueggea ovalis Diasperus hamrur Diasperus portoricensis Flueggea phyllanthoides Flueggea abyssinica Flueggea microcarpa Flueggea senensis Flueggea retusa Phyllanthus obtusus Securinega microcarpa Flueggea virosa subsp. virosa Conami portoricensis
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