Crinum crassicaule Baker

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Christon Bank

Livingstone-Zimba;
Nov 2008.
Photo: Mike Bingham

Lusaka, cultivated from seed collected Mfuwe S`/Nsefu;
Oct 2007.
Photo: Mike Bingham

Mfuwe S road, in miombo woodland;
Dec 2004.
Photo: Mike Bingham

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Synonyms:	Crinum foetidum I. Verd.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Leaves more than 7 mm wide, margins ciliate. Flowers generally more than 2 per umbel; zygomorphic, perianth tube curved at anthesis, the segments connivent into a funnel or bell, with a faint pink keel. Fruits dull green, tinged with red; seeds with a foetid smell, papillose, turning black when exposed to air.
Type location:	Botswana
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Derivation of specific name:	crassicaule: thick-stemmed
Habitat:	Disturbed areas on sandy soils.
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Flowering time:	Oct - Dec
Worldwide distribution:	Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Botswana.
FZ divisions:	N,SW
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Literature:	Kirby, G. (2013). Wild Flowers of Southeast Botswana Struik Nature, Cape Town South Africa Page 50. (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 84. as Crinum foetidum Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 24. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 112. Zimudzi, C., Archer, R.H., Kwembeya, E.G. & Nordal, I. (2008). Amaryllidacae Flora Zambesiaca 13(1) Page 126.

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