Corchorus longipedunculatus Mast.

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Corchorus longipedunculatus

Photo: Bart Wursten
Between Hot Springs Resort and Odzi R.

Corchorus longipedunculatus

Photo: Bart Wursten
Between Hot Springs Resort and Odzi R.

Corchorus longipedunculatus

Photo: Bart Wursten
Between Hot Springs Resort and Odzi R.

Corchorus longipedunculatus

Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road to Masasanya Dam, Gonarezhou National Park.

Corchorus longipedunculatus

Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road to Masasanya Dam, Gonarezhou National Park.

Corchorus longipedunculatus

Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road to Masasanya Dam, Gonarezhou National Park.

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Status: Native
Description:
Erect annual herb, up to 60 cm. Leaves linear, bright green; margin finely dentate. Flowers 1-3, yellow, in axillary clusters on a long peduncle, c. 2 cm long. Fruit a cylindric capsule, 2-5 cm, splitting into 3 valves, on a straight, wiry stalk.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: longipedunculatus: with a long inflorescence stalk (peduncle)
Habitat: In hot, dry woodland
Altitude range: (metres) Up to 800 m
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Worldwide distribution: Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Limpopo, Mpumalanga, South Africa.
Zimbabwe distribution: N,W,E,S
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Images last updated: Saturday 28 February 2015
Literature:

Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 16.

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 80.

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 108.

Wild, H. (1963). Tiliaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 86 - 87.


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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Corchorus longipedunculatus
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Corchorus longipedunculatus.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=138300, retrieved 29 March 2024

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