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Mulberry Leaf

Trimeria grandifolia subsp. grandifolia

Derivation of specific name

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grandifolia: with large leaves
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Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Trimeria grandifolia (Hochst.) Warb.
subsp. grandifolia Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=140770
author
Mark Hyde
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Bart Wursten
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Petra Ballings
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Description

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Small to medium sized tree. Leaves alternate, almost round with a pointed driptip, distinctly 5-9-veined from the base; margin dentate. Flowers unisexual. Male flowers in branched heads; female flowers in spike-like racemes, small, greenish. Fruit a small, oval, thinly woody capsule, yellow when ripe.
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cc-by-nc
copyright
Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
bibliographic citation
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Trimeria grandifolia (Hochst.) Warb.
subsp. grandifolia Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=140770
author
Mark Hyde
author
Bart Wursten
author
Petra Ballings
original
visit source
partner site
Flora of Zimbabwe

Insects whose larvae eat this plant species

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Phalanta phalantha aethiopica (African or Common Leopard)
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Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
bibliographic citation
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Trimeria grandifolia (Hochst.) Warb.
subsp. grandifolia Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=140770
author
Mark Hyde
author
Bart Wursten
author
Petra Ballings
original
visit source
partner site
Flora of Zimbabwe