Elatostema monticola Hook. f.

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Synonyms:	Elatostema orientale Engl.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Annual or perennial herb, ascending or erect, up to 30 cm, growing from a prostrate rhizome. Leaves restricted to the upper parts of the stems, alternate, (sub)sessile, obovate to lanceolate, usually asymmetrical; margins serrate. Flowers in sessile axillary clusters, unisexual, normally on different plants, rarely on the same plant.
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Derivation of specific name:	monticola: mountain-loving
Habitat:	A species of evergreen montane forest, growing in shade on the forest floor, often on mossy rocks near streams.
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Worldwide distribution:	Widespread in the forests of tropical Africa
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Literature:	Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 280. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 24. Friis, I. (1991). Urticaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(6) Pages 104 - 106. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 82.

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