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Caperonia stuhlmannii
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road no5A near Lion House, Gorongosa National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road no5A near Lion House, Gorongosa National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road no5A near Lion House, Gorongosa National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road no5A near Lion House, Gorongosa National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Lake Urema Floodplain Edge, Gorongosa National Park
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Lake Urema Floodplain Edge, Gorongosa National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Lake Urema Floodplain, Gorongosa National Park
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| Synonyms: |
Caperonia castaneifolia sensu Klotzsch Caperonia palustris sensu Müll. Arg. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Erect or ascending annual, up to 1.8 m tall but usually much shorter. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, up to 14 cm long, thinly leathery, 3-5-veined from the base, sparingly appressed hairy or almost hairless; margin distinctly toothed. Flowers in axillary spikes with glandular peduncles, unisexual. Male flowers short-lived, greenish; female flowers, with white petals, Fruit up to 4.5 × 7 mm, 3-lobed, covered in glandular hairs, green. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | stuhlmannii: after Dr Franz Ludwig Stuhlmann (1863-1928), German zoologist, who collected many plants in Mozambique and Tanzania. |
| Habitat: | In alluvial black clay soils on floodplains, mudflats and margins of pans, sometimes in standing water. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1830 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,S |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Saturday 30 August 2008 |
| Literature: |
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 40. Radcliffe-Smith, A. (1996). Euphorbiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(4) Pages 138 - 140. (Includes a picture). |
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