| Phytolacca dodecandra L'Hér. |
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| Family : PHYTOLACCACEAE |
| Protologue : Stirp. Nov. 143 (1785) |
| Information on the genus : Phytolacca |
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Status
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| Status for MA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for SA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Phytolacca abyssinica Hoffm. (1796) |
| =Pircunia abyssinica (Hoffm.) Moq. (1849) |
| =Phytolacca dodecandra var. apiculata (Engl.) Baker & C. H. Wright |
| =Phytolacca abyssinica var. apiculata Engl. |
| =Phytolacca dodecandra var. brevipedicellata H. Walter (1909) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Semi-succulent straggling or scrambling shrub to 4 m tall; 60 cm long. |
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| Ecology : |
Wide range of forest (dry or moist), woodland, bushland, thickets, grassland; commonly riparian; on old forest land; plantations; 500-2400 m alt. Very poisonous. S. Africa; Madagascar; São Tomé. |
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| Biol./Eco : |
Shrub, Liana; Subhumid; Inselberg/Rock Face, Anthropic; 500-999 m, 1000-1499 m; distribution: Africa. |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- Darbyshire, I. Kordofami, M. & al. (2015). The plants of Sudan and south Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing
Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- List South. African Succ. Pl. : 138 (1997).
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under chg |
| see under Catalogue de Madagascar |
| see under Flora of Mozambique |
| see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
| see under Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
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| Record n°114919 |
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