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Acalypha pubiflora
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Near Shashe Wilderness Camp, Shashe River
Photo: Bart Wursten
Near Shashe Wilderness Camp, Shashe River
Photo: Bart Wursten
Near Shashe Wilderness Camp, Shashe River
Photo: Bart Wursten
Near Shashe Wilderness Camp, Shashe River
Photo: Bart Wursten
By rd from Hwali Business Centre to Manama Mission, Dibilishaba CL
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| Synonyms: |
Calyptrospatha pubiflora (Baill.) Klotzsch Ricinocarpus pubiflorus (Klotzsch) Kuntze |
| Common names: | Limpopo false-nettle (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Much-branched shrub, 1-6 m tall. Branches reddish-brown with white lenticels. Leaves spirally arranged, lanceolate to narrowly ovate, up to 16 times; 6 cm, pale to bright green with yellow translucent gland-dots on the undersurface; margin toothed. Flowers in axillary spikes, unisexual on the same inflorescence. Female flowers below, held in large shallowly cup-shaped bracts; male flowers above, very small, whitish. Fruit c. 3 mm in diameter, 3-lobed, gland-dotted, held in the enlarged bracts. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | pubiflora: with hairy flowers. |
| Habitat: | In deciduous woodland, riverine vegetation and at the base of rocky outcrops, often in sandy soils. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1220 m |
| Flowering time: | Oct - May |
| Worldwide distribution: | Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Limpopo, Mpumalanga, South Africa. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | W,S |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Sunday 11 May 2008 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 430. as Acalypha pubiflora pubiflora (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 2. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 252. 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 200 - 201. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 55. |
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