Tragia benthamii Baker

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Euphorbiaceae > Tragia

Characteristics

Very close to T. brevipes, from which it differs in having the leaf-blades more shallowly and widely-cordate, and in the absence of the pubescence which accompanies the stinging hairs, especially beneath the lamina, in that species.
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Very like T. brevipes, from which it differs in having the leaf blades more shallowly and widely cordate at the base, and ± glabrous apart from the stinging hairs.
Herbaceous climber or trailer
Stinging hairs.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality -
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 2.5
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Environment

Floodplain thickets and termitaria in floodplain grassland, also on rocky outcrops and pan margins in mopane woodland; at elevations from sea level to around 1,000 metres.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal social use
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Tragia benthamii world distribution map, present in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Central African Republic, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:357675-1
WFO ID wfo-0000326601
COL ID 7CMTJ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Tragia kassiliensis Tragia keniensis Tragia benthamii Tragia cordifolia Tragia mitis var. kirkii