Droguetia iners (Forssk.) Schweinf.

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Ndundu Lodge, Vumba

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Synonyms:	Boehmeria capensis (Thunb.) Spreng. Boehmeria parvifolia Wedd. Boehmeria pauciflora (Steud.) Blume Didymogyne abyssinica Wedd. Droguetia diffusa Wedd. Droguetia pauciflora (Steud.) Wedd. Droguetia thunbergii N.E. Br. Droguetia woodii N.E. Br. Parietaria capensis Thunb. Pouzolzia pauciflora (Steud.) A. Rich. Urtica iners Forssk. Urtica pauciflora Steud. Urtica urens L. var. iners (Forssk.) Wedd. urtica verticillata Vahl
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Status:	Native
Description:	Scrambling or creeping perennial herb, rooting at the nodes. Stems up to several meters long, reddish-purple, hairy when young. Leaves opposite, ovate, upper surface slightly rough, under surface with long soft hairs on the veins. Flowers unisexual in small mixed axillary clusters (involucres), appearing as a single larger perianth. Fruit a very small nut, enclosed in the papery remains of the perianth.
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Derivation of specific name:	iners: inert (probably referring to the absence of stinging hairs)
Habitat:	Along the fringes of evergreen forest and plantations, usually in shade.
Altitude range:	1350 - 1910 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Angola, Cameroon, Bioko, eastern DRC, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, southern Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Kwazulu-Natal, Eastern Cape South Africa. Also in Yemen.
Mozambique distribution:	MS
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Insects associated with this species:	Antanartia dimorphica dimorphica (Food plant)
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Literature:	Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 23. As Droguetia iners burchellii Friis, I. (1991). Urticaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(6) Pages 112 - 114. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 81.

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