Limeum pterocarpum (J. Gay) Heimerl
var. pterocarpum

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Synonyms:	Semonvillea pterocarpa J. Gay
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Status:	Native
Description:	More or less erect, branched herb, up to 60 cm tall. Leaves alternate, sub-opposite or clustered, linear to narrowly lanceolate, 1-4.5 cm long, slightly fleshy; margin entire. Flowers greenish-white, in a fairly compact terminal umbel-like inflorescence. Fruit splitting into 2 mericarps, c. 13 mm in diameter, flattened, round, surrounded by a radiately veined wing up to 5 mm wide. See Limeum fenestratum for comparison.
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Derivation of specific name:	pterocarpum: winged fruit
Habitat:	Occurring on sandy soils in open deciduous woodland and scrub.
Altitude range: (metres)	Up to 1000 m
Flowering time:	Nov - May
Worldwide distribution:	Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe and northern South Africa. Also from Senegal to Sudan.
Zimbabwe distribution:	W,E,S
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Images last updated:	Thursday 21 January 2010
Literature:	Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 37. Gonçalves, M.L. (1978). Molluginaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Page 532. 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 15. under Aizoaceae Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 87.

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