| Author: | Friedrich
Martin Josef Welwitsch, 1869 |
| Family: |
MORACEAE |
| Origin: |
Angola,
Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Ethiopia,
Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda,
Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe |
| Soil: |
Rich |
| Water:
|
Medium |
| Sun: |
Minimum-Medium |
| Thickness: |
12
Centimetres |
| Height: |
50
Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
Green / Brown |
| Propagate: |
Seeds |
| Names:
|
- |
| Synonyms: |
Dorstenia
poggei Engler, 1894.
Dorstenia verdickii, Émile Auguste Joseph De
Wildeman in 1901.
Ctenocladium mildbraedii, Airy Shaw.
Ctenocladus mildbraedii, Engl.
Dorstenia achtenii, De Wild.
Dorstenia campanulata, Hauman.
Dorstenia debeerstii, De Wild. & T.Durand.
Dorstenia hockii, De Wild.
Dorstenia homblei, De Wild.
Dorstenia katangensis, De Wild.
Dorstenia katubensis, De Wild.
Dorstenia lactifera, De Wild.
Dorstenia mildbraediana, Peter.
Dorstenia mirabilis, R.E.Fr.
Dorstenia papillosa, Hauman.
Dorstenia piscicelliana, Buscal. & Muschl.
Dorstenia rhodesiana, R.E.Fr.
Dorstenia rosenii, R.E.Fr.
Dorstenia sessilis, R.E.Fr.
Dorstenia stenophylla, R.E.Fr.
Dorstenia stipitata, De Wild.
Dorstenia wellmannii, Engl. |
This member of the Moraceae
family was described by Friedrich Martin Josef Welwitsch in 1869. It is found in
Angola, Cameroun, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Sudan
Tanzania, Uganda, Zaire and Zimbabwe, growing in a well drained but
rich soil with some water and little
to some sun. The caudex
can grow up to twelve centimetres, the branches up to 50 centimetres. The
flowers are green and brown.
The genera is named after
Theodor Dorsten, 16th century German botanist and medical professor
at Marburg. The species is named the area it is found in: Benguel in
Angola. |
