Английская Википедия:Chaetachme

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Chaetachme is a monotypic genus of flowering plants native to eastern and western Africa, including Madagascar,[1] containing the single species Chaetachme aristata. Its English common name is thorny elm,[2] and it is known as muyuyu in Kikuyu.[3] Traditionally placed in the Elm family, it is more recently placed in the family Cannabaceae, thought to be possibly closely related to Celtis.

Chaetachme aristata is a shrub or small tree growing up to 10 meters tall. It has drooping, angular branches covered with spines up to 3.5 centimeters in length. The lance-shaped leaves are up to 11 centimeters long by 5 centimeters wide, pointed at the tip and smooth or serrated on the edges. The shrub is dioecious and sexually dimorphic, with male and female flower types borne on separate individuals,[1][4] although it may also be monoecious.[5]

This shrub is host to the mirid bug Volumnus chaetacme.[6]

The spiny branches of the shrub are used as fences in African villages.[3][7]

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  1. 1,0 1,1 Шаблон:Cite web
  2. Trees & Shrubs of East Africa. Шаблон:Webarchive Safari Patrol
  3. 3,0 3,1 Шаблон:Cite web
  4. Arusha Region. Шаблон:Webarchive The management and ecology of Tanzanian forests
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  6. Linnavuori, R. (1996). Taxonomic studies of the Miridae (Heteroptera) of Africa and the Middle East. Acta Universitatis Carolinae Biologica 40 321-50.
  7. Bussmann, R. W., et al. (2006). Plant use of the Maasai of Sekenani Valley, Maasai Mara, Kenya. J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 2 22.