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Common names: | Coral tree (English) |
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Glabrous eglandular shrub to 2 m, with milky latex. Leaves long-petiolate, not peltate, deeply palmately 10-12-lobed, the lobes narrow and irregularly lobed, arising from a cordate basal disk. Inflorescence corymbose, borne on a long peduncle. Flowers coral-red; female with larger petals. Fruit 3-lobed to pear-shaped. |
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Derivation of specific name: | multifida: much divided |
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Worldwide distribution: | Native of tropical America from Mexico and Paraguay |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Literature: |
Radcliffe-Smith, A. (1996). Euphorbiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(4) Page 261. |
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