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Tragia benthamii

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Name

Identification
Tragia benthamii Baker [family EUPHORBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Stanfield, D. P., 1966
Related name
  • Tragia cordata
  • Tragia mitis
  • Tragia kassiliensis
  • Tragia benthamii
  • Tragia cordifolia
Common name
  • suinzo (K&B) (IVORY COAST, GUERE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • batafo sasõno = bush pig’s nettle (FRI) (GHANA, TWI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • nsasun (Andoh; A&E) (GHANA, FANTE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • atutuma (K&B; B&D) (IVORY COAST, BAULE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • yu (K&B) yule (K&B) (IVORY COAST, DAN), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • gbieha (ASThomas) (GHANA, ADANGME-KROBO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • nsasun (Andoh) (GHANA, AKAN-ASANTE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • abalagwọ (NWT) abwala (NWT) (NIGERIA, IGBO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • climbing nettle (Malawi, Cameron)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • wonfredidi (K&B) (IVORY COAST, KRU-BETE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • ìbabìdọn (Hambler) (NIGERIA, EDO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • inlẹyo (K&B) ngimaléyo (K&B) (IVORY COAST, KULANGO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • èsìsì funfun (Verger) (NIGERIA, YORUBA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • uinzeni (K&B) wenzani (K&B) (IVORY COAST, GUERE (Chiehn)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • agnansompo (K&B) agnansono (K&B) (IVORY COAST, AKAN-BRONG), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • assuatotoma (K&B) (IVORY COAST, ANYI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2

Flora

Entry for Tragia benthamii Baker [family EUPHORBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 9, Part 4, (1996) Author: A. Radcliffe-Smith
Names
Tragia benthamii Baker [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Bull. Misc. Inform., Kew 1910: 128 (1910). —Prain in F.T.A. 6, 1: 984 (1913). —R.E. Fries, Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Rhod.-Kongo-Exped. 1, 1: 124 (1914). —F.W. Andrews, Fl. Pl. Anglo-Egypt. Sudan 2: 99 (1952). —Keay in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 1, 2: 412 (1958). —Radcliffe-Smith in F.T.E.A., Euphorb. 1: 303 (1987). Types from Ghana and Bioko.
Tragia cordifolia [family EUPHORBIACEAE], sensu auct. incl. Benth. in Niger Fl.: 501 (1849). —Müller Argoviensis in Flora 47: 436 (1864); in De Candolle, Prodr. 15, 2: 944 (1866). —Pax in Engler, Pflanzenr. [IV, fam. 147, ix] 68: 76 (1919). —Engler, Pflanzenw. Afrikas (Veg. Erde 9) 3, 2: 105 (1921). —De Wildeman, Pl. Bequaert. 3, 4: 498 (1926), non Vahl (1790).
Tragia mitis var. kirkii Müll. Arg. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Flora 47: 435 (1864); in De Candolle, Prodr. 15, 2: 942 (1866). Type: Mozambique, between Lupata and Tete (Tette), ii.1859, Kirk s.n. (K, holotype).
Information
Very like T. brevipes, from which it differs in having the leaf blades more shallowly and widely cordate at the base, and ± glabrous apart from the stinging hairs.
Habitat
Floodplain thickets and termitaria in floodplain grassland, also on rocky outcrops and pan margins in mopane woodland
Range
Ivory Coast eastwards to Ethiopia and south to Angola, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique
Altitude range
near sea-level to c. 1000 m.
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Distribution
Mozambique T Lupata–Tete, fr. ii.1859, Kirk s.n. (K).Zimbabwe S Triangle Sugar Estate, fl. 4.iii.1970, Mavi 1081 (K; PRE; SRGH).Zambia S Mazabuka, fr. 6.iii.1963, van Rensburg 1613 (K; SRGH).Zambia N Mbala, fl. 30.iii.1960, Fanshawe 5595 (FHO; K; NDO).Mozambique N Ilha do Ibó, fl. & fr. 1884/5, Carvalho s.n. (COI).Malawi S Lengwe Game Reserve, fr. 10.ii.1970, Hall-Martin 505 (K; PRE).Zimbabwe N near Nyarandi R., fr. 31.i.1970, Pope 227 (K; LISC; PRE; SRGH).Zambia B Masese, fr. 14.v.1962, Fanshawe 6816 (FHO; K).Botswana SW Kuke, y. fl. 22.ii.1970, Brown 8682 (K).
Notes
Fanshawe 5595 (cited above) and Cameron 1 (K) from Namasi, Malawi, are somewhat intermediate between this and T. micromeres, whilst the one Botswana specimen seen (Brown 8682) seems to fall between the 3 species T. okanyua, T. brevipes and T. benthamii, but is perhaps closer to the latter than the others.

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