Sphedamnocarpus pruriens (100 seeds)

Sphedamnocarpus pruriens (100 seeds)

Family: Malpighiaceae

Common names: Canary nettle, Lesser moth-fruit creeper, Mogato.

Herbaceous or woody twiner or scrambler, sometimes trailing. Young stems densely silvery-grey or yellowish hairy, nearly hairless when older. Leaves opposite, 3.5-11 cm long, variable from ovate-oblong to almost circular, greyish or yellowish hairy beneath almost hairless above; margin entire; petiole mostly 0.8-2.5 cm long, channelled above, with 2 glands in the upper half. Stipules 2-4 mm long, obovate but mostly absent. Flowers 2-2.5 cm in diameter, yellow, in 2-6-flowered umbels. Fruit a samara, wings up to 2 × 1.5 cm, hairy to almost hairless.

Sowing instructions: Sow seeds in summer in a well drained medium.

Locality: Ex Hort. Harvest: September 2024