Pavonia procumbens (Walk. & Arn.) Walp.

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Hwale River bridge

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Nr upper dam, Hillside Dams, Bulawayo

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Along entrance road to Nhambo cottages, Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge.

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Synonyms:	Pavonia burchellii (DC.) R.A. Dyer Pavonia macrophylla E. Mey. ex Harv. Pavonia patens (Andr.) Chiov.
Common names:	Babani (Tonga: Zimbabwe) Mukuku (Tonga: Zimbabwe)
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Status:	Native
Description:	Soft shrubby perennial, often with straggling stems, up to c. 1 m tall. Leaves ovate-pentagonal in outline, up to 8 × 7 cm, angled to shallowly 3-5 lobed, stellate pubescent on both surfaces, usually more densely and paler below, deeply cordate at the base, basal lobes often overlapping; margin crenate-serrate. Flowers creamy-white to deep orange-yellow, sometimes with a purple-red centre. Epicalyx of 5(6) widely spreading bracts, 7-11 mm long, ovate to oblong-lanceolate, 5-veined, stellate-pubescent, green at flowering time, turning brown and dry in fruit.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	procumbens: with stems lying along the ground; procumbent but note that the species is often more or less erect.
Habitat:	In a variety of drier wooded habitats, often on sandy or rocky soils, mostly growing in the shade of trees, bush clumps or boulders.
Altitude range: (metres)	Up to 1660 m
Flowering time:	Oct - Mar
Worldwide distribution:	From Eritrea and Somalia through the drier parts of eastern tropical Africa to Angola, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa
Zimbabwe distribution:	N,W,C,E,S
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Images last updated:	Thursday 12 February 2015
Literature:	Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 43. As Pavonia burchellii Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 28. As Pavonia burchellii Exell, A.W. (1961). Malvaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2) Pages 507 - 508. As Pavonia patens 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 61.

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