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Fruits
Hot dry woodland
Cultivated at Dabuyu Farms from material collected in degraded woodland c. 5 km east of Kafue town
Dec 2020
Photo: Nick Wightman
Ripe fruit & seed
Hot dry woodland
Cultivated at Dabuyu Farms from material collected in degraded woodland c. 5 km east of Kafue town
Dec 2020
Photo: Nick Wightman
Ripe fruit & seed
Hot dry woodland
Cultivated at Dabuyu Farms from material collected in degraded woodland c. 5 km east of Kafue town
Dec 2020
Photo: Nick Wightman
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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Erect perennial herb, up to 35 cm, with annual stems growing from an underground tuber. Leaves oblong-lanceolate with scattered glands. Tendrils absent. Flowers in few-flowered cymes, yellowish, unisexual, with both sexes on the same plant. Fruit an ellipsoid capsule. |
Type location: |
Tanzania |
Notes: | |
Derivation of specific name: | goetzei: after Walter Goetze (1872-1899), German naturalist, explorer, photographer and collector of botanical and zoological specimens in Tanzania. |
Habitat: | Woodland, shrubby vegetation and on rocky hills. |
Altitude range: | |
Flowering time: | Dec - Feb |
Worldwide distribution: | DRC, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | N,C,S |
Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Lk |
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Endemic status: | |
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Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: | Tuesday 6 July 2021 |
Literature: |
Fernandes, R. & A. (1978). Passifloraceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 402 - 403. 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 66. |
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