Dorstenia barteri subtriangularis

Description

Dorstenia barteri is a West African herb belonging to the Mulberry or Moraceae plant family.A herb,60 cm high,with a creeping rooting base.Stem erect,somewhat fleshy,subflexuous,pubescent to tomentose in the upper portion,up to 5 cm thick in the lower portion.Leaves papery when dry,obovate-elliptic to elliptic,shortly acuminate,narrowing to an obtuse base,margin entire or wavy,14–18 cm long,5–8 cm wide,glabrous,paler green beneath;lateral nerves 8–10 on each side,curving upwards and uniting within the margin,prominent beneath;petiole more or less pubescent,about 1.2 cm or less in length.Stipules subulate,5–6 cm or less in length,generally falling before the leaves.Inflorescence solitary in the upper leaf-axils;stalk 1.2– 2 cm long,puberulous;receptacle flattened or somewhat convex,orbicular,2.5–4.5 cm in diameter,including the broad membranous margin (7–10 cm wide),which is prolonged into numerous (about 15) very unequal bract-arms,a few from 1.2– 2 cm long,the remainder short,from 2.5–7.5 cm long.Flowers very distinct.Male flowers 3-merous,the 3 bluntly rounded perianth-lobes depressed on the surface of the disc.Female perianth ring-like,raised above the disc-surface,the deeply 2-fid style projecting from the mouth.Endocarp of fruit subglobose,smooth,whitish brown,4 cm in diameter.