Photo by Theo Heijnsdijk,
Appeltern, The Netherlands.
Photo from Specks
Photo by Theo Heijnsdijk,
Appeltern, The Netherlands.
Photo by Theo Heijnsdijk,
Appeltern, The Netherlands.
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| Author: |
Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler,
1902 |
| Family: |
MORACEAE |
| Origin: |
Ethiopia,
Kenya, Somalia |
| Soil: |
Grit |
| Water:
|
Medium |
| Sun: |
Maximum |
| Thickness: |
6
Centimetres |
| Height: |
5
Centimetres |
| Flower:
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Red-Brown |
| Propagate: |
Seeds |
| Names:
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- |
| Synonyms: |
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This member of the
Moraceae family was described by Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler in 1902. It is found in Somali, Kenya
and Ethiopia, growing in
well-drained soil or just grit. Not so much water, but lots of sun. The
caudex will grow to six centimetres in diameter, the leaves only reaches
for five centimetres. It's flowers are reddish-brown, and seeds are the only
way of reproducing.
The genera is named after
Theodor Dorsten, 16th century German botanist and medical professor
at Marburg. The species name honours D. H. Ellenbeck, a German
physician who collected plants during the Baron von Erlanger's
expedition to East Africa in 1900-01.
Seen on IPNI as a
Urticaceae!
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