DORSTENIA BARNIMIANA
Author:
Georg August Schweinfurth, 1862
Family:
MORACEAE
Origin:
Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia
Elevation:
Publisher:
Schweinf. (1862). In: Pl. Quaedam Nilot. 36, T. 12.
Collection number:
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Thickness:
4 Centimetres
Height:
5 Centimetres
Propagate:
Seeds
CITES:
Synonyms:
Dorstenia barnimiana var. tropaeolifolia, Rendle =
Kosaria tropaeolifolia, Schweinf., 1868.
This little member of the Moraceae family was described by Georg August Schweinfurth in 1862. It is found in East Africa, growing in a rich soil with some water and little sun. The caudex can grow up to four centimetres, the leaves five centimetres. The flowers are green and brown.
The genera is named after Theodor Dorsten, 16th century German botanist and medical professor at Marburg. The species is named after Adalbert von Barnim, 1841-1860, dead in Ad-Damazin, Blue Nile, Sudan at 19 years of age. Old drawing of Dorstenia tropaeolifolia.
Flower
Green / Brown
Soil
Rich
Water
Medium
Sun
Minimum - Medium
