Tragia rupestris
Euphorbiaceae
As at April 2024, 14 herbarium specimens, 1 photo record, 4 visual observations
South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Southern Africa only
Found within protected areas: Mlawula Malolotja
Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Tragia rupestris - Erect or a weak twiner; thinly hairy; stinging hairs present. Leaf-stalk c 4 cm long; blade heart-shaped at base with pair of broad lobes, main part of leaf relatively narrow, tapering to long blunt tip, margins toothed, c 7 cm long x 4 cm wide across basal lobes. Inflorescences lateral, slender, c 4 cm long; one or two female flowers at base, remainder male. Fruits with few hairs, calyx-segments with several lateral incurved pointed teeth.
* Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.
Notes:
Global distribution information: southern Africa includes southern Mozambique and southern Zimbabwe.
Restricted distribution has been based on an estimated extent of occurence of less than 100 000 km2 and/or an estimated area of occupancy of 100 km2, based on geo-referenced GBIF and iNaturalist data.
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