Merremia palmata Hallier f.

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Merremia palmata

Picture: Bart Wursten
Hwali River bridge

Merremia palmata

Picture: Bart Wursten
Nr upper dam, Hillside Dams, Bulawayo

Merremia palmata

Picture: Bart Wursten
Nr upper dam, Hillside Dams, Bulawayo

Merremia palmata

Picture: Bart Wursten
Nr upper dam, Hillside Dams, Bulawayo

Merremia palmata

Picture: Bart Wursten
By road from Main Camp to Sinamatella, Hwange NP

Merremia palmata

Picture: Rob Burrett
Mazunga north of Beitbridge.

Merremia palmata

Picture: Bart Wursten
By road from Birchenough Bridge-Masvingo Rd to Lake Kyle Recreational Park entrance gate

Merremia palmata

Picture: Bart Wursten
Along Bulawayo-Matobo road

Merremia palmata

Picture: Bart Wursten
Tshabalala Nature Reserve,Bulawayo

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Status: Native
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Derivation of specific name: palmata: palmate, like a hand
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Flowering time:Oct - Mar
Worldwide distribution: Tropical East Africa, Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Limpopo, Mpumalanga, South Africa. Also in India.
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Literature:

Gonçalves, M.L. (1987). Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1) Pages 41 - 42.

Kirby, G. (2013). Wild Flowers of Southeast Botswana Struik Nature, Cape Town South Africa Page 158. (Includes a picture).

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 37.

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 51.

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Flora of Botswana: Merremia palmata
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Merremia palmata
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Merremia palmata
Plants of the World Online: Merremia palmata
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Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Species information: Merremia palmata.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=147370, retrieved 1 November 2024

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