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Acalypha acrogyna
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Near base of Mt Bunga, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Near base of Mt Bunga, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Near base of Mt Bunga, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Near base of Mt Bunga, Gorongosa National Park.
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Unarmed, much-branched scrambling shrub up to 3 m tall. Bark of smaller branchlets brownish and finely velvety when young. Leaves elliptic-ovate to elliptic-lanceolate, mostly 1.5-6 cm long, obtusely acuminate at the apex, rounded or cordate at the base, 3-5-veined from the base, sparsely pubescent,mainly on midrib and veins beneath and with tufts of hairs in the axils; margin crenate-serrate or almost entire; petiole mostly 2-5 mm long. Stipules narrowly triangular-lanceolate, 2-3 mm long, sparsely pubescent. Inflorescences unbranched, up to 7 cm long, usually on dwarf side branchlets, flowers mostly male with 1-3 female flowers at the top. Fruit somewhat, 3-lobed, up to 4 mm wide, sparsely pubescent and echinate. |
| Notes: | This is the only species of Acalypha in Zimbabwe that has inflorescences with female flowers at the top and male flowers below. |
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| Habitat: | In understorey of riverine and lake shore evergreen forest. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 500 - 1200 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Ethiopia, Sudan, Uganda, eastern DRC, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | C,E,S |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Saturday 7 January 2017 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 427. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 2. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 252. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 40. Radcliffe-Smith, A. (1996). Euphorbiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(4) Pages 198 - 199. |
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