Heliotropium indicum L.
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Urema floodplain, road no4 between 2 and 3, Gorongosa National Park.
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Urema floodplain, road no4 between 2 and 3, Gorongosa National Park.
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Urema floodplain, road no4 between 2 and 3, Gorongosa National Park.
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Urema floodplain, road no4 between 2 and 3, Gorongosa National Park.
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Road no3 before Junction no4, Gorongosa National Park
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Road no3 before Junction no4, Gorongosa National Park
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Tembwahata pans, Gonarezhou National Park.
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Tembwahata pans, Gonarezhou National Park.
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Lion House, Gorongosa National Park
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Rio Muacamula, Macomia District, Cabo Delgado.
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Rio Muacamula, Macomia District, Cabo Delgado.
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Mombo Road, Namiwawa, Blantyre
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Mombo Road, Namiwawa, Blantyre
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Mombo Road, Namiwawa, Blantyre
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Synonyms:
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Heliophytum indicum (L.) DC. Tiaridium indicum (L.) Lehm.
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Common names:
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Frequency:
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Locally abundant |
Status:
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Possibly introduced |
Description:
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Erect annual or short-lived perennial herb, up to 150 cm. Leaves alternate to sub-opposite triangular-ovate, up to 17 cm long, upper surface wrinkled and with scattered bristles, somewhat more hairy below; base decurrent down the long petiole. Flowers in curled elongating inflorescences, eventually up to 36 cm long, white, rarely mauve or blue. Fruits deeply bilobed with diverging beaked lobes, c. 4 × 4 × 2.5 mm, almost hairless. |
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Notes:
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Derivation of specific name:
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indicum: of India |
Habitat:
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In sandy or muddy soils on riverbanks, swamp edges, floodplains and grassland. |
Altitude range: |
Up to 1100 m |
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Worldwide distribution:
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Origins uncertain but now pantropical and also in the southern United States of America. |
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca):
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B,C,E,S |
Zambian distribution (Provinces):
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Lk,S,W |
Growth form(s):
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Endemic status:
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Red data list status:
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Insects associated with this species:
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Utetheisa pulchella (Food plant)
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Spot characters:
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Display spot characters for this species |
Literature:
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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 30.
Martins, E.S. (1990). Boraginaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(4) Pages 91 - 92.
Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 36.
Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 41.
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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: Heliotropium indicum. https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=148360, retrieved 19 April 2024
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