Hibiscus migeodii
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Via Entrada, Catapu
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Via Entrada, Catapu
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Via Entrada, Catapu
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Via Entrada, Catapu
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Via Entrada, Catapu
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Via Entrada, Catapu
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Via Entrada, Catapu
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Via Entrada, Catapu
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Vilankulo, Inhambane, Mozambique
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Vilankulo, Inhambane, Mozambique
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Vilankulo, Inhambane, Mozambique
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Vilankulo, Inhambane, Mozambique
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Vilankulo, Inhambane, Mozambique
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Vilankulo, Inhambane, Mozambique
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Vilankulo, Inhambane, Mozambique
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Catapu, Sofala.
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Catapu, Sofala.
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Catapu, Sofala.
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Plateau above Nhagutua Gorge, Gorongosa National Park, Cheringoma
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Plateau above Nhagutua Gorge, Gorongosa National Park, Cheringoma
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Inhamitanga Forest, Marrumeo
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Inhamitanga Forest, Marrumeo
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Inhamitanga Forest, Marrumeo
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Annual or perennial herb, up to 1 m high. Leaves: lamina up to 7 × 5 cm, broadly ovate to narrowly oblong, sometimes hastate, tending to become shallowly or deeply 3-lobed with stellate hairs on both surfaces; base rounded to cordate; apex acute; margin with irregular blunt teeth. Stipules 2-4 mm long,setaceous. Flowers solitary, axillary, up to 1.5 cm in diameter, red. Epicalyx of 6-7 linear bracts 2-3 mm long. Calyx 6 mm long; lobes 4-5 mm long, lanceolate. Petals 8-9 mm long, obovate. Staminal tube 4-4.5 mm long. Capsule subspherical, pubescent. Seeds with a white cottony floss. |
| Type location: |
Tanzania |
| Notes: | This species is generally very similar to Hibiscus allenii. It can only be reliably distinguished by the seeds which are covered in long silky or cotton-like hairs, while being hairless in H. allenii. |
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| Habitat: | Open woodland and on roadsides |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique |
| FZ divisions: | N |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Sunday 16 March 2014 |
| Literature: |
Exell, A.W. (1961). Malvaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2) Pages 453 - 454. |
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