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Thicket; cultivated Lilayi
The thin pods split along a the edge to release the narrow seeds, each with a tuft of hair to aid dispersion
Jul 2012
Photo: Nick Wightman
Thicket; cultivated Lilayi
The tubers are roundish to discoid in shape usually with a projection from the centre where the annual stems emerge
Oct 2015
Photo: Nick Wightman
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Status: | Native |
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Twining herb to 1 m. Leaves simple, sometimes ±3-lobed; petiole 1-3 cm; lamina ovate, pubescent; base cordate. Flowers borne in umbels. Corolla 16-25 mm long; the inflated base white; tube pale brown; lobes linear from a triangular base with blackish-green margins in the upper half and whitish with a green central line in the lower half, hairy. Corona cupular, the inner lobes papillose. |
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Derivation of specific name: | papillata: bearing papillae. |
Habitat: | Thicket patches |
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Worldwide distribution: | DRC, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | W,C |
Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Cb,C,Lk |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: | Saturday 29 August 2020 |
Literature: |
Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 104 - 105. (Includes a picture). Binns, B. (1968). A First Check List of the Herbaceous Flora of Malawi The Government Printer, Zomba, Malawi Page 20. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 47. |
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