Triumfetta pilosa Roth[Agg]

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Triumfetta pilosa

Picture: Bart Wursten
Stapleford road near junction with Penhalonga road

Triumfetta pilosa

Picture: Bart Wursten
Stapleford road near junction with Penhalonga road

Triumfetta pilosa

Picture: Bart Wursten
Stapleford road near junction with Penhalonga road

Triumfetta pilosa

Picture: Bart Wursten
Stapleford road near junction with Penhalonga road

Triumfetta pilosa

Picture: Bart Wursten
Stapleford road near junction with Penhalonga road

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Status: Native
Description:
Small shrub up to c. 1·3 m tall; stems often quadrangular, sparingly stellate-pubescent or densely hairy, often with tubercle-based hairs. Leaves ovate to oblong-lanceolate, 5–12 cm long, acutely pointed at the apex, rounded to cordate at the base, puberulous or pubescent or densely tomentose especially beneath; margin coarsely serrate; petiole up to c. 5 cm long; stipules subulate, up to 8 mm long. Inflorescences leafy, of small clusters crowded at the nodes; peduncles and pedicels very short, mostly less than 5 mm long; bracts linear or lanceolate-linear, 2–4 mm long, setulose-pubescent. Sepals linear, 7–10 mm long, pubescent or with long hairs. Petals yellow, linear to oblanceolate-linear, slightly shorter than the sepals, ciliate at the base. Stamens 8–10. Fruit 1·5–2·7 cm in diameter including the aculei; aculei 0·5–1 cm. long, hairless or long hairy, sharply curved down at the apex.
Type location:
India
Notes: No less than 4 varieties have been described for the region mainly differing in density of hairs, shape of leaves or presence of hairs on the fruit. We have combined records of all varieties here.
Derivation of specific name: pilosa: pilose or with long soft hairs.
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Worldwide distribution: Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal South Africa. Also in India.
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): N,W,C,E,S
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Content last updated: Thursday 3 January 2019
Literature:

Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 90 - 91. (Includes a picture).

Pooley, E. (1998). A Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust. Durban. Pages 282 - 283. (Includes a picture).

Schmidt, E., Lötter, M. & McCleland, W. (2002). Trees and shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park Jacana, Johannesburg, South Africa Pages 416 - 417. (Includes a picture).

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Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Triumfetta pilosa
Flora of Malawi: Triumfetta pilosa
Flora of Mozambique: Triumfetta pilosa
Flora of Zimbabwe: Triumfetta pilosa

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Triumfetta pilosa
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Triumfetta pilosa
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Triumfetta pilosa
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Triumfetta pilosa
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iNaturalist: Triumfetta pilosa
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Triumfetta pilosa
JSTOR Plant Science: Triumfetta pilosa
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Triumfetta pilosa
Plants of the World Online: Triumfetta pilosa
Tropicos: Triumfetta pilosa
Wikipedia: Triumfetta pilosa


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: Triumfetta pilosa.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=231130, retrieved 19 March 2024

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