Obetia

E91808
plant genus taxon

Obetia is a small genus of flowering plants in the nettle family Cannabaceae, known for its stinging hairs and occurrence in parts of Africa and nearby regions.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Obet 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf plant genus ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
belongsToClade Rosales ⓘ
surface form: Rosales sensu lato
clade Angiosperms ⓘ
Eudicots ⓘ
Rosids ⓘ
commonName stinging nettles ⓘ
describedBy W. H. Harvey ⓘ
distributionRegion subtropical Africa ⓘ
tropical Africa ⓘ
family Urticaceae ⓘ
fruitType achene ⓘ
growthForm shrubs ⓘ
small trees ⓘ
habitat dry forests ⓘ
scrublands ⓘ
woodlands ⓘ
hasCharacteristic dioecious plants ⓘ
flowering plants ⓘ
stinging hairs ⓘ
urticating hairs ⓘ
hasDefenseMechanism chemical irritants in hairs ⓘ
hasSpecies Obetia carruthersiana ⓘ
Obetia madagascariensis ⓘ
Obetia radula ⓘ
Obetia tenax ⓘ
kingdom Plantae ⓘ
leafArrangement alternate leaves ⓘ
leafMargin serrated margins ⓘ
leafType simple leaves ⓘ
namedAfter Obetia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Obet
nativeTo Africa ⓘ
Madagascar ⓘ
East Africa ⓘ
surface form: eastern Africa

Southern Africa ⓘ
surface form: southern Africa
order Rosales ⓘ
photosyntheticPathway C3 ⓘ
pollination wind pollination ⓘ
reproductiveStructure unisexual flowers ⓘ
seedDispersal wind dispersal ⓘ
taxonRank genus ⓘ
typeSpecies Obetia radula ⓘ
uses fiber source ⓘ
traditional medicine ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cannabaceae → containsGenus → Obetia ⓘ
subject surface form: Urticaceae
Obetia → namedAfter → Obetia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Obet