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Vernonia colorata
colorata
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Green Valley Estate, Odzi
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Burma Valley rd nr Vumba rd junction
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| Synonyms: |
Eupatorium coloratum Willd. Gymnanthemum coloratum (Willd.) H. Rob. & B. Kahn Vernonia senegalensis (Pers.) Less. |
| Common names: | Lowveld tree vernonia (English) Musikavakadzi (Shona) Rurimirwemombe (Shona) Star-flowered bitter-tea (English) |
| Frequency: | Common |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Shrub or small tree. The leaves are ovate-elliptic, normally twice as long as wide, with distinctly undulate margins. The upper surface is harshly hairy, the undersurface covered in dense woolly hairs, obscuring the net-veining. The flowerheads are star-shaped, forming large terminal clusters, mauve when young but soon turning white, appearing in winter. The body of the achene is covered in papillae but lacks hairs (apart from the pappus). See Vernonia amygdalina for comparison. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | |
| Habitat: | In open woodland, at the base of kopjes, in riverine fringes and along the edges of vleis and pans. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1540 m |
| Flowering time: | Apr - Jun |
| Worldwide distribution: | Tropical and South Africa. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E,S |
| Growth form(s): | Tree, shrub over 2 m. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Bandeira, S., Bolnick, D. & Barbosa, F. (2007). Wild Flowers of Southern Mozambique Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique Page 204. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 1027. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Pages 36 - 37. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 278. As Vernonia colorata 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 29. Pope, G.V. (1992). Compositae Flora Zambesiaca 6(1) Pages 70 - 72. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 39. Siebert, S. & Mössmer, M. (Editors) (2002). SABONET Southern Mozambique Expedition 2001; Provisional Plant Checklist of the Maputo Elephant Reserve (MER) and Licuati Forest Reserve (LFR) SABONET News 7(1) Page 24. |
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Vernonia colorata
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