Dorstenia ellenbeckianaEngl. [family MORACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Hijman, M.,
Related name
Dorstenia ellenbeckiana
Flora
Entry for DORSTENIA ellenbeckiana Engl. [family MORACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by I. Friis [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
DORSTENIA ellenbeckianaEngl. [family MORACEAE], (1902). Fig. 56 F. Plate 2 F.
Information
Perennial monoecious herb with depressed, ovoid underground tuber up to c. 5 cm in diam., a short annual stem sometimes present, but not reaching above ground level. Leaves: stipules triangular, 1.5–3 mm long, ± persistent; petiole up to 8.5 cm long, puberulous; blade ovate to elliptic, 4–18.5 x 2.5–10.5 cm, truncate or subcordate at the base, acute or acuminate at the apex, with crenulate or finely toothed margins, slightly scaberulous above, with softer hairs on the veins below. Receptacles on 2.5–13 cm long peduncles, circular in outline, up to 7 mm in diam. and 1.5 mm thick, appendages 8–10, up to 1.5 cm long. Male flowers numerous, perianth lobes 2, stamens 2. Female flowers fewer, stigma unbranched. Fruit ovoid to subglobular, 1–1.5 mm in diam., with a white, slightly verrucose endocarp.
