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Macaranga capensis

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Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
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Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
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Internal ID UUID643fe1ef6c542413602372
Scientific name Macaranga capensis
Authority (Baill.) Sim
First published in Forest Fl. Cape : 314 (1907)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Macaranga bachmannii Pax Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 23: 525 (1897)
Macaranga inopinata Prain Fl. Trop. Afr. 6(1): 914 (1912)
Macaranga multiglandulosa Pax & K.Hoffm. Pflanzenr. , IV, 147, VII: 343 (1914)
Macaranga ruwenzorica Pax Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 322 (1909)
Macaranga usambarica Pax & K.Hoffm. Pflanzenr. , IV, 147, VII: 344 (1914)
Mallotus capensis (Baill.) Müll.Arg. Linnaea 34: 189 (1865)
Mappa capensis Baill. Recueil Observ. Bot. 1: 155 (1862)

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Language Common/alternative name
Afrikaans wildepopulier
Finnish piikkinystylehti

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Ethiopia
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Northern Provinces
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Gabon
      • Zaïre

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000231857
Tropicos 12802952
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:351068-1
The Plant List kew-116350
Open Tree Of Life 3911112
NCBI Taxonomy 1291625
IUCN Red List 146210395
IPNI 351068-1
iNaturalist 133555
GBIF 3074312
EOL 1155452
Wikipedia Macaranga_capensis

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Scientific Literature Top

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Tree species composition along environmental and disturbance gradients in tropical sub-montane forests, Tanzania Lolila NJ, Shirima DD, Mauya EW PLoS One 08-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC9994703
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0282528
PMID:36888683
Important Medicinal and Food Taxa (Orders and Families) in Kenya, Based on Three Quantitative Approaches Mutie FM, Mbuni YM, Rono PC, Mkala EM, Nzei JM, Phumthum M, Hu GW, Wang QF Plants (Basel) 02-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10005506
doi:10.3390/plants12051145
PMID:36904005
Land use/land cover dynamics driven changes in woody species diversity and ecosystem services value in tropical rainforest frontier: A 20-year history Berhanu Y, Dalle G, Sintayehu DW, Kelboro G, Nigussie A Heliyon 14-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9971171
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13711
PMID:36865457
Ecological quality as a coffee quality enhancer. A review Torrez V, Benavides-Frias C, Jacobi J, Speranza CI Agron Sustain Dev 02-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9894527
doi:10.1007/s13593-023-00874-z
PMID:36748099
Woody Species Diversity, Composition, and Regeneration Status of Abbo Sacred Forest, Southern Ethiopia Yigeremu A, Woldearegay M ScientificWorldJournal 04-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9652088
doi:10.1155/2022/9112578
PMID:36393830
Density and characteristics of tree cavities inside and outside Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda Niringiyimana A, Nzarora A, Twahirwa JC, van der Hoek Y Ecol Evol 27-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9608801
doi:10.1002/ece3.9461
PMID:36311396
Plant diversity and community analysis of Sele-Nono forest, Southwest Ethiopia: implication for conservation planning Kefalew A, Soromessa T, Demissew S Bot Stud 19-Jul-2022
PMCID:PMC9294133
doi:10.1186/s40529-022-00353-w
PMID:35851664
Habitat preferences, estimated abundance and behavior of tree hyrax (Dendrohyrax sp.) in fragmented montane forests of Taita Hills, Kenya Rosti H, Heiskanen J, Loehr J, Pihlström H, Bearder S, Mwangala L, Maghenda M, Pellikka P, Rikkinen J Sci Rep 15-Apr-2022
PMCID:PMC9012809
doi:10.1038/s41598-022-10235-7
PMID:35428748
Plant community analysis along environmental gradients in moist afromontane forest of Gerba Dima, South-western Ethiopia Dibaba A, Soromessa T, Warkineh B BMC Ecol Evol 07-Feb-2022
PMCID:PMC8819878
doi:10.1186/s12862-022-01964-4
PMID:35130842
Woody species composition and community types of Hangadi Watershed, Guji Zone, Ethiopia Tamiru B, Soromessa T, Warkineh B, Legesse G, Belina M BMC Ecol Evol 28-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC8715571
doi:10.1186/s12862-021-01949-9
PMID:34963465
Seedling recruitment under isolated trees in a tea plantation provides a template for forest restoration in eastern Africa Ndangalasi HJ, Martínez-Garza C, Harjo TC, Pedigo CA, Wilson RJ, Cordeiro NJ PLoS One 06-May-2021
PMCID:PMC8101954
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0250859
PMID:33956837
Effects of forest disturbance on the fitness of an endemic rodent in a biodiversity hotspot Ademola OJ, Vanden Broecke B, Leirs H, Mulungu LS, Massawe AW, Makundi RH Ecol Evol 03-Feb-2021
PMCID:PMC7920783
doi:10.1002/ece3.7214
PMID:33717463
Diversity of Leptogium (Collemataceae, Ascomycota) in East African Montane Ecosystems Kaasalainen U, Tuovinen V, Kirika PM, Mollel NP, Hemp A, Rikkinen J Microorganisms 03-Feb-2021
PMCID:PMC7913733
doi:10.3390/microorganisms9020314
PMID:33546461
Impact of Pteridium aquilinum on vegetation in Nyungwe Forest, Rwanda Senyanzobe JM, Mulei JM, Bizuru E, Nsengimuremyi C Heliyon 03-Sep-2020
PMCID:PMC7481561
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04806
PMID:32944668
Investigating the direct and indirect effects of forest fragmentation on plant functional diversity Zambrano J, Cordeiro NJ, Garzon-Lopez C, Yeager L, Fortunel C, Ndangalasi HJ, Beckman NG PLoS One 02-Jul-2020
PMCID:PMC7331995
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0235210
PMID:32614922

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