ON THIS PLANT
Macaranga capensis is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae. It is a tree native to sub-Saharan Africa, ranging through eastern and southern Africa from southern Ethiopia to the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, with an outlier population in Gabon in west-central Africa.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Genus
- Macaranga
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en River macaranga en Spiny macaranga en Wild poplar
