Hibiscus lunariifolius Willd.

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Description:	Erect perennial herb, up to c. 1 m tall. Stems branching mostly near the base, densely covered in stelate, somewhat irritant hairs. Leaves, up to 10 × 9 cm, ovate to almost round in outline, shallowy or obscurely 3-lobed, sometimes unlobed, stellate pubescent above, densely stellate-tomentose below; base cordate; margin serrate-crenate; petiole up to 8 cm long. Flowers solitary, axillary, up to 5 cm in diameter, together often forming racemes on the leafless ends of the stems, yellow, usually without a dark centre. Epicalyx of 5 bracts, 16 × 3 mm, linear-lanceolate. Calyx 5-6 mm long, normally shorter than the epicalyx; lobes narrowly triangular with a prominent central vein. Fruit a subspherical or broadly ellipsoid capsule, c. 15 mm long.
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Worldwide distribution:	Scattered throughout tropical Africa, northern South Africa and India.
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Growth form(s):	Perennial.
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Literature:	Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 20. As Hibiscus lunariifolius Exell, A.W. (1961). Malvaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2) Page 459. Kirby, G. (2013). Wild Flowers of Southeast Botswana Struik Nature, Cape Town South Africa Page 202. (Includes a picture). 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 60. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 84.

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