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Tristemma mauritianum
mauritianum
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Haroni Gorge, Chimanimani
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| Synonyms: |
Tristemma grandifolium (Cogn.) Gilg Tristemma incompletum R. Br. Tristemma schumacheri Guill. & Perr. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Erect or scrambling perennial herb up to 1.5 m tall. Stems rather fleshy, sharply 4-angled or even slightly winged, with short stiff purplish bristles. Leaves opposite, ovate-elliptic, up to 15 cm long, dark green above, paler below, with short rough hairs on both surfaces, 5-7-veined from the base. Flowers in dense heads, pale pink or mauve. Stamens all similar with a deeply 2-lobed basal appendage on the pedoconnective. Fruit c. 16 × 10 mm, purplish-brown. |
| Type location: |
Mauritius |
| Notes: | Zimbabwean records of Tristemma mauritianum have been named var. mauritianum. The variety of the Zambian plants is not known but we have provisionally also placed them under var. mauritianum. |
| Derivation of specific name: | mauritianum: from Mauritius |
| Habitat: | Along forest margins and on river banks. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in Tropical Africa, Madagascar and Mauritius. |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | N,W |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Nw,Lp |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 57. Fernandes, R. & A. (1978). Melastomataceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 231 - 233. As Tristemma mauritianum (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 61. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Pages 120 - 121. |
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Flora of Malawi: Tristemma mauritianum var. mauritianumFlora of Mozambique: Tristemma mauritianum var. mauritianum
Flora of Zimbabwe: Tristemma mauritianum var. mauritianum
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Tristemma mauritianumAfrican Plant Database: Tristemma mauritianum
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Tristemma mauritianum
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Tristemma mauritianum
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JSTOR Plant Science: Tristemma mauritianum
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Tristemma mauritianum
Plants of the World Online: Tristemma mauritianum
Tropicos: Tristemma mauritianum
Wikipedia: Tristemma mauritianum
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