Tragia capensis Thunb.

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Euphorbiaceae > Tragia

Characteristics

Perennial shrub or climber, 1-2 m high; monoecious; pubescent or nearly glabrous. Leaves alternate, base cordate. Racemes terminal or leaf-opposed. Male flowers calyx 5-lobed, valvate in bud; stamens 30-60; filaments free, capillary; anthers dehiscing longitudinally; rudimentary ovary absent. Female flowers calyx 6-partite; segments pectinately lobulate on each side; ovary 3-celled; ovules solitary in each cell; styles 3, long, filiform, free, densely papillose throughout. Flowering time Sept.-Feb. Fruit 3-coccous; cocci 2-valved; valves crustaceous. Seeds globose, ecarunculate.
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Monoecious, twining perennial to 2.5 m, with stinging hairs. Leaves cordate to sagittate, slightly toothed, paler beneath. Flowers in slender, axillary, bisexual spikes, greenish, females basal.
Twining, pubescent herb. Leaves alternate, ovate, cordate at base. Racemes terminal or leaf-opposed, with numerous male flowers above and 1 or 2 basal female flowers. Flowers greenish yellow.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
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Soil texture 7-8
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Distribution

Tragia capensis world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:357693-1
WFO ID wfo-0000326626
COL ID 7CMTG
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Synonyms

Tragia cordata Tragia capensis Leptorhachis capensis Ctenomeria cordata Ctenomeria kraussiana Ctenomeria capensis