Euphorbia benthamii
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Backpackers and Overlanders Lodge, Twentydales Ext., Epworth, Harare.
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Backpackers and Overlanders Lodge, Twentydales Ext., Epworth, Harare.
Photo: Mark Hyde
Mukuvisi Woodland, Harare
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Annual herb to 1 m tall, sparsely covered with long spreading white hairs. Leaves: petiole to 2.5 cm long; lamina narrowly oblong, serrate with minute gland-tipped teeth on the margin. Cymes axillary and in 3-branched umbels. Bracts leaf-like. Cyathia sessile with cup-shaped involucres; glands 4, 1 × 1.5 mm, transversely elliptic; lobes ciliate. Capsule 4 × 5 mm, with long spreading hairs, barely exserted on a short pedicel, longitudinal ridges absent. |
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Angola |
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| Habitat: | Deciduous woodland, often near streams |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 950 - 1500 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Namibia, Caprivi Strip, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania and Malawi |
| FZ divisions: | B,N,C,S |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | N,C,S,W |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Carter, S. & Leach, L.C. (2001). Euphorbiaceae: subfamily Euphorbioideae: tribe Euphorbieae Flora Zambesiaca 9(5) Page 365. 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 41. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 48. |
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