1978.000 Urera Gaudich.

Description of the genus

Dioecious woody climbers, bearing adventitious roots from the climbing stems. Stinging hairs generally present but usually confined to the petioles and inflorescences. Stipules fused, intrapetiolar. Leaves alternate; lamina 3-veined from the base. Inflorescences axillary cymes. Male flowers 4-5-merous; stamens equal in number to tepals. Female flowers with 4 unequal tepals; these persistent and enlarging to become fleshy and orange or red in fruit.

Worldwide: c. 40 species, widespread in tropical and South Africa, Madagascar, tropical America and the Pacific Islands.

Rwanda: 2 taxa.

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hypselodendron (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Wedd.Description, Image
trinervis (Hochst.) Friis & ImmelmanDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Urera:

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Flora of Burundi: Urera
Flora of the DRC: Urera
Flora of Malawi: Urera
Flora of Mozambique: Urera
Flora of Zambia: Urera
Flora of Zimbabwe: Urera

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Urera
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Urera
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Urera
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Urera
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iNaturalist: Urera
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Urera
JSTOR Plant Science: Urera
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Urera
Plants of the World Online: Urera
Tropicos: Urera
Wikipedia: Urera



Flora of Rwanda: Genus page: Urera.
https://www.rwandaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=474, retrieved 5 November 2024

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