| Toddalia asiatica (L.) Lam. |
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| Family : RUTACEAE |
| Protologue : Tabl. Encycl. 2: 116 (1797) |
| Information on the genus : Toddalia |
| Basionym : Paullinia asiatica L. |
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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) Homotypic |
 Paullinia asiatica L. (1753) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Toddalia aculeata Pers. (1805) |
| =Toddalia rubricaulis Roem. & Schult. (1819) |
| =Scopolia angustifolia (Lam.) Spreng. |
| =Toddalia angustifolia Lam. (1793) |
| =Toddalia floribunda Wall. (1832) |
| =Scopolia nitida (Lam.) Spreng. |
| =Toddalia nitida Lam. (1793) |
| =Scopolia aculeata Sm. |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Climbing or scrambling shrub or liane 2-15 m tall, dioecious; stems and often leaves with sharp recurved prickles to 5 mm long, also rusty-red hairy, soon glabrescent; leaves alternate 3-foliolate, gland-dotted; flowers 5-merous,[…] |
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| Ecology : |
Riverine forest margins; forest clearings, secondary regrowth; woodland, grassland; also grassland thickets; upland rain-forest with Albizia, Macaranga, Croton, Ocotea, forest edge; along rivers and streams; –Widespread |
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A variable species; several varieties described from Asia. In Africa rather uniform (perhaps a recent introduction?). Female flowers seem to be rare in collections from Africa, not seen from Ethiopia (fide M. G. Gilbert in Fl. Eth. 3: 424, 1989). |
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1-3300 m alt. Sometimes used as a hedge plant and for fodder. |
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S. Africa(Transvaal),Swaziland;Madagascar,Comoros,Seychelles,Mascarene Isl.;India,Sri Lanka eastwards to Taiwan,Borneo, Philippines(map by Verdoorn in Bull. Misc. Inf. Kew 1926: 390). Presence in Gabon possible(Walker&Sillans,Pl. utiles Gabon:31,1961) |
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| Biol./Eco : |
biology:perennial-Shrub, Climber- Ht 1.5 - 12 m. Alt 300 - 1600 m. Distribution: LP, MP, SWZ |
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| Biol./Eco : |
Liana; Humid; Forest; 1000-1499 m; distribution: Comoros, Mascarenes, Seychelles, Africa, Asia, |
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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
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under chg |
| see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| 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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