Hibiscus mutatus
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Photo: Helen Pickering
Within the Victoria Falls fenced area upstream about 50 m from the river
Photo: Helen Pickering
Within the Victoria Falls fenced area upstream about 50 m from the river
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Hibiscus micranthus sensu Eyles |
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Shrub, up to 2.5 m tall. Branches stellate-hairy. Leaves, up to 3 × 3 cm, elliptic to ovate in outline, unlobed to 3-lobed, densely stellate-hairy on both surfaces; margin irregularly serrate-crenate; petiole 4-15 mm long. Flowers solitary, axillary, 2-2.5 cm in diameter, pure white when open, fading to pink. Epicalyx of 5-7 bracts, 4-7 mm long, linear. Calyx up to 10 mm long; lobes linear-triangular, 5-8 mm long, with rough short hairs. Fruit a subglobose capsule, c. 9 × 10 mm, velvety. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Botswana, Namibia, Malawi, Zimbabwe. |
| FZ divisions: | N,SE |
| Growth form(s): | Shrub over 2 m. |
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| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 20. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 259. Exell, A.W. (1961). Malvaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2) Page 456. 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. Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 81. (Includes a picture). 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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