Rubia petiolaris
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Description
A prickly herb or shrub. It grows 3 m tall. The stems are 4 angled. The leaves are in rings of 6-8. The flowers are in groups in the axils of leaves. They are green.
Distribution
It is a subtropical plant.
References (2)
- Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 97
- Welcome, A. K. & Van Wyk, B.-E., 2019, An inventory and analysis of the food plants of southern Africa. South African Journal of Botany 122 (2019) 136–179
