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Genus: Dorstenia Life
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There are 105 species distributed in tropical regions, of
which five are native to southern Africa. An additional three species are
cultivated in southern Africa.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Flora of Zimbabwe
and Flora of
Mozambique.
Dorstenia benguellensis
Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Dorstenia buchananii
Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique. |
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Dorstenia cuspidata
Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Dorstenia psilurus
Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique. |
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Dorstenia zambesiaca
Recorded from Mozambique. |
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Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from
Glen (2002).
Dorstenia contrajerva
Native to Central America, West Indies and Peru. |
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Dorstenia foetida
Native to Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya and Tanzania. Cultivated in the
Lowveld Botanical Garden, Mpumalanga, South Africa. |
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Dorstenia hildebrandtii
Native to eastern tropical Africa. |
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