Melochia corchorifolia L.
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Patrick's Island, Katombora Is
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Patrick's Island, Katombora Is
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Lower slopes Mt Mabu
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Lower slopes Mt Mabu
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Lower slopes Mt Mabu
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Lower slopes Mt Mabu
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Along footpath from Muwawa to Zomba
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Along track to Chobe Camp, Ngoma
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Along track to Chobe Camp, Ngoma
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Along track to Chobe Camp, Ngoma
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Along track to Chobe Camp, Ngoma
Picture: Bart Wursten
Along track to Chobe Camp, Ngoma
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Description:
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Erect annual herb, up to 2 m but usually less. Stems with a line of stellate hairs. Leaves oblong-lanceolate to ovate, often 5-veined from the base; margin serrate. Flowers in dense axillary and terminal clusters, white with a yellow base. Capsule 5 mm in diameter, subspherical, 5-valved, surrounded by the persistent calyx. |
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In a variety of disturbed habitats, often as a weed of cultivation. |
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Widespread throughout the Old World tropics. |
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca):
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Literature:
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Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 275. (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 80.
Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 108.
Wild, H. (1960-1). Sterculiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2) Pages 534 - 535. (Includes a picture).
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Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24
Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A.
(2024).
Flora of Zambia: Species information: Melochia corchorifolia. https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=140020, retrieved 24 April 2024
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