Mareya micrantha Müll.Arg.

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Euphorbiaceae > Mareya

Characteristics

A forest shrub or tree, up to 40 ft. high, rarely more
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A small tree. It grows 6-8 m tall.
Flowers white, or greenish
Ripe fruits red.
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Foliage retention deciduous
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Mature height (meter) 12.19
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Environment

An understorey plant of the closed-forest, also found in secondary forest regrowth, at elevations up to 500 metres.
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It is a tropical plant
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses food material medicinal poison wood
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Therapeutic use Abortifacient (unspecified), Ache(Stomach) (unspecified), Cathartic (unspecified), Chest (unspecified), Craw-Craw (unspecified), Emetic (unspecified), Erysipelas (unspecified), Laxative (unspecified), Leprosy (unspecified), Rheumatism (unspecified), Trypanosomiasis (unspecified), Bite(Snake) (unspecified), Antidote (unspecified), Gonorrhea (unspecified), Ascites (unspecified), Cough (unspecified), Puerperium (unspecified), Anesthetic (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Distribution

Mareya micrantha world distribution map, present in Congo, Cabo Verde, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Togo

Conservation status

Mareya micrantha threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:352062-1
WFO ID wfo-0000236291
COL ID 3Y3GP
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Synonyms

Mareya leonensis Mareya spicata Mareya micrantha Acalypha leonensis Acalypha micrantha Mareya micrantha var. leonensis Mareya micrantha var. nitida Mareya spicata var. leonensis Mareya spicata var. micrantha