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Jatropha schlechteri
setifera
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By rd from Tuli to Hwali Business Centre
Photo: Bart Wursten
By rd from Tuli to Hwali Business Centre
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Jatropha setifera Hutch. |
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Perennial herb, up to c. 40 cm, growing from a stout reddish fleshy rootstock. Leaves up to c. 15 × 10 cm, distinctly blue-grey, irregularly deeply pinnately lobed, almost hairless above, hairy below; margin, irregularly tooted. Inflorescences terminal, up to 15 cm long, laxly and shortly branched. Flowers unisexual on the same inflorescence, deep red. Fruit subcylindric, up to 12 × 10 mm, with rib-like lobes, hairless (in this subspecies). |
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| Derivation of specific name: | schlechteri: named after Friedrich Schlechter (1872-1925), German botanist and traveller. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Southern Zimbabwe and Limpopo South Africa. |
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| 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 42. Radcliffe-Smith, A. (1996). Euphorbiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(4) Pages 270 - 271. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 57. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Jatropha schlechteriAfrican Plant Database: Jatropha schlechteri
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Jatropha schlechteri
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Jatropha schlechteri
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