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Name

Identification
Tragia cinerea (Pax) M.G.Gilbert&Radcl.-Sm. [family EUPHORBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Data not digitized, Tragia mitis Pax [family EUPHORBIACEAE ] Verified by Data not digitized,
Related name
  • Tragia mitis
  • Tragia cinerea

Flora

Entry for TRAGIA cinerea (Pax) M. Gilbert & A. R.-Sm. [family EUPHORBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by S. Carter (Euphorbia, Monadenium), M. G. Gilbert (Acalypha, Andrachne, Antidesma, Bridelia, Caperonia, Cephalocroton, Chrozophora, Clutia, Dalechampia, Flueggea, Givotia, Manihot, Meineckia, Micrococca, Oldfieldia, Phyllanthus, Ricinus, Suregada, Tragia), and M. Thulin (Croton, Drypetes, Erythrococca, Excoecaria, Jatropha, Spirostachys and Thecacoris) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
TRAGIA cinerea (Pax) M. Gilbert & A. R.-Sm. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], (1985);. type: N2, Ahl Mts., “Yafir”, Hildebrandt 872a (B holo. destr.); neotype from Ethiopia.
TRAGIA mitis Pax var. cinerea [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. 19: 103 (1894);. type: N2, Ahl Mts., “Yafir”, Hildebrandt 872a (B holo. destr.); neotype from Ethiopia.
TRAGIA cordifolia (Pax) Prain var. cinerea [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Fl. Trop. Afr. 6(1): 981 (1913);. type: N2, Ahl Mts., “Yafir”, Hildebrandt 872a (B holo. destr.); neotype from Ethiopia.
TRAGIA pungens (Pax) Pax var. cinerea [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Pflanzenr. IV.147: 79 (1919);. type: N2, Ahl Mts., “Yafir”, Hildebrandt 872a (B holo. destr.); neotype from Ethiopia.
Information
Twining herb; pubescent to tomentose, with prominent stinging hairs especially on the underside of the leaves. Petioles 1–4.5 cm long; leaf-blade triangular-lanceolate to subhastate, basal lobes rounded, 5–10(–13) x 1.8–5 cm, (1.8–)1.95–3.14 times longer than broad, base deeply and narrowly cordate, tip narrowly acuminate, serrate. Monoecious; racemes terminal, leaf-opposed and axillary, 5–12(–15) cm long including 2–5 cm peduncle, mostly male with 1–2 female flowers. Male flowers 2–3 together. Female flowers: sepals elliptic in outline, accrescent to 7–9 mm long, with 5–7 short lobes on each side largely concealed by straw-coloured stinging hairs; styles 1.5–2 mm long, joined halfway. Fruits 5–6 x 8–9 mm. Seeds 3.5 mm diam., pale yellowish-grey or orange marked with reddish brown.
Range
N2
Distribution (external)
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Kenya
Sudan

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