| Obetia tenax (N.E. Br.) Friis |
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| Family : URTICACEAE |
| Protologue : Kew Bull. 38(2): 226 (1983) |
| Information on the genus : Obetia |
| Basionym : Urera tenax N.E. Br. |
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Status
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| Status for SA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Urera tenax N.E. Br. (1888) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Shrub or tree, branched, deciduous, 2-7 m tall, presumably dioecious; branches bronzy brown or pinkish brown, smoth; numerous stinging hairs on younger branches, petioles and lower surface of leaves; inflorescences unisexual, in the axis of fallen leaves. |
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| Ecology : |
Rocky ravines in deciduous bushland; very frequently on granite outcrops. |
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1000-1400 m alt. In habit very similar to O. carruthersiana, and perhaps no more than a subspecies of the latter, but with subcordate or truncate leaves and stipules to 7 x 2,5 mm (not leaves cordate and stipules to 12 x 6 mm). |
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S. Africa, Botswana (full map, Kew Bull. 38: 227, 1983; Friis & Immelman in Fl. S. Afr. 9, Urticaceae: 9, 2001). |
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| Biol./Eco : |
biology: perennial -Tree, Shrub - Ht 2 - 7 m. Alt: 15 - 1830 m. Distribution: BOT, EC, GA, KN, LP, MP, NW, SWZ |
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Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- List South. African Succ. Pl. : 156 (1997).
- Fl. S. Africa 9: 9-10 (2001).
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under Flora of Mozambique |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
| see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
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| Record n°122263 modified 2007-01-11 |
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