RT @NaufragoToni
#𝑫𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒂 𝒃𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒂 Schweinf., Pl. Quaed. Nilot.: 36 (1862) var. 𝒃𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒂
Cameroon to Yemen and Zambia. Tuberous geophyte, seasonally dry tropical biome.
Liben Plains, Ethiopia.
Original photo: 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝑹𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒆 2011
#Moraceae

Ostiolar bracts of a fig syconium. It's a squeeze, but this is the way in and out for the tiny wasps that do the pollinating. The ostiole is also where the volatiles that attract the wasps are released. #fig #Ficus #wasps #botany #Moraceae #fruit #entomology #Hymenoptera #nature

Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus). These are becoming quite common at grocery stores in the United States and I'm wondering whether they are imported from #Brazil, where the tree is highly invasive and the fruit is not particularly popular. I love it, plus it's good fun to watch other shoppers' faces when they see it in my cart. #Moraceae #botany #fruit #plants #InvasiveSpecies

Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus). These are becoming quite common at grocery stores in the United States and I'm wondering whether they are imported from #Brazil, where the tree is highly invasive and the fruit is not particularly popular. I love it, plus it's good fun to watch other shoppers' faces when they see it in my cart. Kids in particular get wide-eyed. #Moraceae #botany #fruit #plants #InvasiveSpecies

Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus). These are becoming quite common at grocery stores in the United States and I'm wondering whether they are imported from #Brazil, where the tree is highly invasive and the fruit is not particularly popular. I love it, plus it's good fun to see other shoppers' faces when they see it in my cart. Kids in particular get wide-eyed. #Moraceae #botany #fruit #plants #InvasiveSpecies

(Pseudo) flowers of
#Dorstenia foetida verde

"... pseudanthium (Greek for "false flower") or in Moraceae hypanthium,
which is composed of clusters of tiny unisexual flowers
on a disc- or cup-shaped receptacle that are often adorned with bracts of various sizes and shapes."
[wikipedia]

#succulents #plantscience #botany #moraceae
#eastafrica #yemen #somalia #kenya #ethiopia #tanzania

@plants

#Dorstenia gigas from #Socotra #Soqotra #Yemen.

Growth in winter quarters, in #Copenhagen #Denmark.

#botany #plantscience #succulents #Moraceae

@plants

Flower of Dorstenia contrajerva *
a non-#africa #Dorstenia, from #centralamerica -
#Plant in #Copenhagen,
1.5 yr old #seedling

(*if it is one? experts please?)

#Moraceae #botany #plantscience

@plants @gbif
GBIF snapshot - source:
https://www.gbif.org/species/2984541