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Rorippa madagascariensis
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road no. 11, Gorongosa National park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road no. 11, Gorongosa National park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road no. 11, Gorongosa National park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road no. 11, Gorongosa National park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road no. 11, Gorongosa National park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road no. 11, Gorongosa National park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road no. 11, Gorongosa National park
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| Synonyms: |
Nasturium humifusum Guill. & Perr. Nasturtium madagascariense DC. Rorippa humifusa (Guill. & Perr.) Hiern |
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| Description: | Almost stemless herb. Leaves numerous, forming a rosette, pinnate or pinnatipartite, up to 16 cm long, rhachis winged, leaflets irregularly suborbicular to broadly ovate, crenate or sometimes deeply divided. Flowers white, with pedicels 1–1.5 mm long, in decumbent racemes up to 10 cm long in the axils of the basal leaves. Petals, less than 1 mm. long. Stamens 6. Fruit 6–10 mm long, hairless, style persistent. | |
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| Derivation of specific name: | madagascariensis: of Madagascar. | |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Fairly widespread in tropical Africa and in Madagascar. | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species | |
| Literature: |
Exell, A.W. (1960). Brassicaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) Page 185. As Rorippa humifusa |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Rorippa madagascariensisBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Rorippa madagascariensis
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Rorippa madagascariensis
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