Dorstenia hildebrandtii, actual size: 4-6 cm
Dorstenia hildebrandtii f. crispum
Dorstenia hildebrandtii Engl.
DESCRIPTION: is a rhizomatous or tuberous plant with ascending to erect, branched or unbranched stems and spirally arranged leaves. The stems are fleshy to sometimes thickly succulent. The basal part is often swollen, sometimes forming a globose to pear-shaped tuber up to 4 cm in diameter. Leaves are fleshy, green, and variable in shape from oblong to elliptic, lanceolate, oblanceolate, or linear. The inflorescences of numerous flowers are disc-shaped to funnel-shaped, about 1.2 cm in diameter, and appear from late spring to fall.
DISTRIBUTION: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda, Mozambique.