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Description

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Climbing perennial herb with stinging hairs. Stems up to 3 m long Leaves ovate or oblong-lanceolate, up to 13 cm long, 5-7 veined from the cordate base, sparsely hairy above and on the midrib and veins below; margin sharply dentate. Petiole up to 7 cm long. Inflorescences terminal, leaf-opposed or axillary, up to 8.5 cm long. Flowers unisexual on the same plant. Fruit strongly 3-lobed, 5 × 9 mm, smooth, green with rough hairs on the ribs of the lobes.
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Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
bibliographic citation
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Tragia furialis Bojer Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=135210
author
Mark Hyde
author
Bart Wursten
author
Petra Ballings
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Worldwide distribution

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Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Comoros and Madagascar.
license
cc-by-nc
copyright
Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
bibliographic citation
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Tragia furialis Bojer Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=135210
author
Mark Hyde
author
Bart Wursten
author
Petra Ballings
original
visit source
partner site
Flora of Zimbabwe