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Accession Data:

Dorstenia foetida Schweinf.

  • Common Name:
  • Family: Moraceae Link

  • Country of Origin: Saudi Arabia to Tanzania
  • Habitat: Open, deciduous or succulent bushland, or on rock outcrops.

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201000143
  • Source: Joe Lamela-Macchia
  • Accession Date: 10-06-2010
  • Bench: 2208 - XER:Horn of Africa
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 04-14-2025

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):

References (external):

Hijmann, M.E.E. and C.C. Berg. 2002. Dorstenia. in U. Eggli ed. Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Dicotyledons. Springer-Verlag: Berlin, Heidelberg, New York.

data regenerated on Mon, 14 Apr 2025 14:42:41 -0400 [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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