Derivation of specific name
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
tenax: tenacious, strong
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Obetia tenax (N.E. Br.) Friis Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=120500
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Description
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Soft-wooded shrub or small deciduous tree. Bark bronze to pinkish-brown, smooth, watery latex present; branches often covered in stinging hairs. Leaves alternate, ovate to almost round, 5-15 cm long, slightly fleshy, 3-veined from the base with stinging hairs on both surfaces; apex often pointed, cordate at the base; margin coarsely and unevenly toothed. Flowers in short axillary clusters, whitish to yellowish-green, covered in stinging hairs, unisexual, normally on different plants.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Obetia tenax (N.E. Br.) Friis Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=120500
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Swaziland and South Africa as far as KwaZulu-Natal.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Obetia tenax (N.E. Br.) Friis Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=120500
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
