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Datisca cannabina L. Datiscaceae

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Ethnobotany of the Caucasus

Part of the book series: European Ethnobotany ((EUROETH))

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Synonyms

Cannabina laevis Moench; Datisca glabra Stokes; Datisca nepalensis D. Don

Local Names

Azerbaijan: Кənаf dəliçətənə; English: False hemp.

Botany and Ecology

Herbaceous, glabrous perennial. Stem erect, 60–100 cm high. Petiole 3–7 cm long. Leaves large, compound, imparipinnate, 11–33 cm long; leaflets lanceolate, apex acute, margin irregularly serrate, 4–13(18) cm long, 0.4–2.5(3) cm wide, terminal leaflet often trisect, base decurrent. Flowers dioecious, in terminal racemes 3–20(30) cm long and 1.3 cm broad, intermixed with upper leaves; staminate flowers on pedicles 3–5 mm long, calyx 1.5 mm long, with unequal, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, acute lobes; stamens 8–11 (or more), subsessile; pistillate flowers on pedicels 1–2 mm long, in elongated racemes up to 30 cm long, calyx tubular, obscurely 3-angled, adnate to ovary, 0.8–1 cm long, 3.5–4 mm broad, with 3–5 linear-lanceolate teeth; styles 3, filiform, bifid; ovary unilocular, with numerous ovules. Fruit an oblong-ovaloid...

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Institute of Botany, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Baku, Azerbaijan

    Naiba P. Mehdiyeva & Valida M. Alizade

  2. Instituto de EcologĂ­a-UMSA, Herbario Nacional de Bolivia, Cota Cota Calle 27, La Paz, Bolivia

    Narel Y. Paniagua Zambrana

  3. William L. Brown Center, Missouri Botanical Garden, P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, MO, 63166-0299, USA

    Rainer W. Bussmann

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  1. Naiba P. Mehdiyeva
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  2. Valida M. Alizade
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Correspondence to Rainer W. Bussmann .

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  1. William L. Brown Center, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

    Rainer W. Bussmann

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Mehdiyeva, N.P., Alizade, V.M., Zambrana, N.Y.P., Bussmann, R.W. (2017). Datisca cannabina L. Datiscaceae . In: Bussmann, R. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Caucasus. European Ethnobotany. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49412-8_139

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