Sphenoclea zeylanica
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Moenge, Itimbiri River, DR Congo.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Moenge, Itimbiri River, DR Congo.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Moenge, Itimbiri River, DR Congo.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Moenge, Itimbiri River, DR Congo.
Photo: Mark Hyde
Catapu Pan, Catapu, Mozambique
Photo: Mark Hyde
Catapu Pan, Catapu, Mozambique
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Branched annual herb, up to 1.5 m tall. Stems hollow. Leaves lanceolate, narrowly ovate to elliptic, up to 12 × 5 cm, hairless; margin entire; petiole up to 1.5 cm long. Flowers in conical-cylindric spikes, up to 12 cm long. Corolla very small, white, greenish or pink yellow. Fruit a capsule, 4-5 mm in diameter, dehiscing below the calyx lobes, leaving the base attached to the rhachis. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | zeylanica: from Sri Lanka (Ceylon) |
| Habitat: | In wet places near pools, pans, irrigation channels, swamps and floodplains |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in tropical Africa, Asia and (probably introduced) America |
| FZ divisions: | N |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Tuesday 2 December 2014 |
| 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 80. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 106. Thulin, M. (1983). Sphenocleaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Pages 116 - 117. (Includes a picture). Welman, W.G. (2000). Flora of Southern Africa contributions 16: Sphenocleaceae Bothalia 30(1) Pages 31 - 33. (Includes a picture). |
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