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Accession Data:

Dorstenia psilurus Welw.

  • Common Name:
  • Family: Moraceae Link

  • Country of Origin: Angola, Cameroon, Tanzania, Uganda, Congo

  • Description: A herb persisting by a creeping cylindrical knotted fleshy rhizome bearing long slender root-fibres; stem erect, simple, 1-2 1/2 ft. high, somewhat succulent. 3

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198500398
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 1110 - AFR: Cycads
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 02-26-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid I
  • Order: Rosales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Moraceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe: Dorstenieae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References (internal):

  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Cameroon / Congo / Tanzania / Uganda / Angola

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 30 October 2014.
  2. Bihrmann's Caudiciforms website. Accessed 30 October 2014.
  3. JSTOR Global Plants Database. Accessed 30 October 2014.

data regenerated on Wed, 26 Feb 2025 11:48:07 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Moraceae

Subfamily
Tribe Artocarpeae

  • Artocarpus heterophyllus

Subfamily
Tribe Dorstenieae

  • Dorstenia contrajerva
  • Dorstenia foetida
  • Dorstenia hildebrandtii var. schlechteri
  • Dorstenia psilurus
  • Dorstenia sp. W/C

Subfamily
Tribe Ficeae

  • Ficus aurea
  • Ficus carica
  • Ficus deltoidea
  • Ficus destruens
  • Ficus lyrata
  • Ficus menabeensis
  • Ficus palmata
  • Ficus pumila
  • Ficus religiosa
  • Ficus rubiginosa variegata
  • Ficus vaccinioides
  • Ficus villosa W/C

Subfamily
Tribe Moreae

  • Broussonetia papyrifera
  • Maclura tricuspidata
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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