Moraceae
Tusilla
Dorstenia contrajerva
- Family
- Moraceae
- Genus
- Dorstenia
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Common names
By language (4)
- arz
- دورستينيا كونتراجيرفا
- Chinese
- 厚叶琉桑, 厚叶盘花木
- English
- Tusilla
- Indonesian
- Tusuk konde perak
Synonyms
- Dorstenia alexiteria L.
- Dorstenia contrajerva subsp. tenuiloba S.F.Blake
- Dorstenia contrajerva var. contrajerva
- Dorstenia contrajerva var. houstonii L.
- Dorstenia contrajerva var. houstonii (L.) Bureau
- Dorstenia contrajerva var. maculata (Lem.) Bureau
- Dorstenia contrajerva var. tenuiloba (S.F.Blake) Standl. & Steyerm.
- Dorstenia houstonii (L.) L.
- Dorstenia maculata Lem.
- Dorstenia palmata Willd. ex Schult.
- Dorstenia quadrangularis Stokes
- Dorstenia quadrangularis var. integrifolia Stokes
- Dorstenia quadrangularis var. pinnatifida Stokes
- Dorstenia quadrangularis var. sinuata Stokes
Flowers
- In flower
- September, December (from 8 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: native
Photos
FruitPhoto: Jorge I. Merchán Mayorga, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ricard Busquets Reverte, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Diego Blanco, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Christine Loew, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: jlsnaddon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oscar Israel Rodríguez Ortiz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Indiana Coronado, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Dorstenia barteriMoraceae
- Dorstenia cayapiaMoraceae
- Dorstenia choconianaMoraceae
- Dorstenia cuspidataMoraceae
- Dorstenia elataMoraceae
- Dorstenia indicaMoraceae
- Dorstenia ramosaMoraceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.