Zehneria scabra

Names and Synonyms

Scientific Names

Accepted name

Sources: Wikidata

Distribution

This plant exhibits a specific geographical distribution across several regions of the African continent. In West Tropical Africa, it can be found inhabiting the territories of Benin and Burkina. The species is also documented within the borders of the Ivory Coast and Liberia. Extending further into West-Central Tropical Africa, the plant is known to grow in Burundi. Collectively, these locations highlight the plant's presence across diverse tropical environments.

Sources: The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP)

Botanical Identification

Life history

The life history of Zehneria scabra is characterized by a perennial lifecycle, allowing the plant to persist through multiple growing seasons. In terms of its structural development and survival strategy, it is classified as a phanerophyte, maintaining its photosynthetic organs above the ground level.

Life form :

phanerophyte

Lifecycle :

perennial

Morphology

The morphology of Zehneria scabra is characterized by its growth form as a non-woody herb that functions as a self-supporting climber. Although it possesses climbing tendencies, it is classified as an obligatory climber rather than a liana or vine, yet it maintains a self-supporting structure. The plant is strictly terrestrial in its habitat, neither exhibiting aquatic, semiaquatic, nor epiphytic tendencies, and it exists as an independent organism without parasitic behavior. In terms of dimension, the plant reaches significant heights, with recorded measurements ranging from a minimum of approximately 3.66 m to a maximum of 4.57 m, resulting in an average plant height of approximately 4.70 m.

Aquatic :

terrestrial

Climber :

self-supporting

Climber :

obligatory

Epiphyte :

terrestrial

Growth form :

herb

Parasite :

independent

Plant height max:

4.572055596 m

Plant height mean:

4.698691376 m

Plant height min:

3.657644477 m

Woodiness :

non-woody

Reproduction

The reproduction of Zehneria scabra is characterized by specific seed morphology and diverse dispersal strategies. The plant produces seeds with a highly uniform mass, where the minimum, mean, and maximum seed mass are all recorded at 0.00251 g. In terms of seed distribution, the species exhibits an autochorous dispersal syndrome, indicating that it utilizes mechanisms for self-dispersal. This reproductive strategy is part of a broader ecological context that involves various dispersal modes, including anemochorous, zoochorous, hydrochorous, and unspecialized methods, as well as specific processes such as anthropochorous, endozoochorous, epizoochorous, and myrmecochorous dispersal.

Dispersal syndrome :

autochorous

Seed mass mean:

0.00251 g

Sources: Global Inventory of Floras and Traits (GIFT)

Plant Parts

Zehneria scabra has 1 reported plant parts identified across 1 scientific publications and several other databases that are studied for medicinal purposes. The most consistently reported plant part include leaf.

Leaf

1. Journal of experimental pharmacology

Conditions

Zehneria scabra has 3 reported investigations on conditions identified across 1 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported conditions include bacterial infections, malaria, wounds.

Bacterial infections

1. Journal of experimental pharmacology

Malaria

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology

Wounds

1. Journal of experimental pharmacology