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Malpighiaceae

W/C = Wild Collected
Microsteira sp.

  • Common Name:
  • Family: Malpighiaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Madagascar: Toliara Province
  • Habitat: Climbing on shrubs at edge of forest and thickets.

  • Description: Vine, twining, ca. 3 m tall; fruit green, but some turning brown.
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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200800040
  • Source: Charles Davis, Wenheng Zhang - Harvard University
  • Provenance: Plants of Malagasy Republic (Madagascar): Toliara Province: N of the city of Toliara on road to Maromandira, S. of Fiherenana River. 23d2'14"S,43d33'50"E; 7m. Shrub thickets at edge of and withing short (<6 m tall) mixed deciduous - broadleaved evergreen forest with Didieria, succulent Euphorbia (tree) and Pachypodium (tree). Climbing on shrubs at edge of forest and thickets. Vine, twining, ca. 3 m tall; fruit green, but some turning brown. W.H. Zhang, J. Andrianatina & D.E. Boufford, Harvard University Herbaria #142 24 January 2008
  • Accession Date: 04-28-2008
  • Bench: 1101 - AFR:Madagascar A
  • Qty: 4 confirmed on 04-24-2013
Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid I
  • Order: Malpighiales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Malpighiaceae
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