Caperonia fistulosa Beille
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Kalimbeza Channel, Zambezi
Photo: Bart Wursten
Kalimbeza Channel, Zambezi
Photo: Bart Wursten
Kalimbeza Channel, Zambezi
Photo: Bart Wursten
Kalimbeza Channel, Zambezi
Photo: Bart Wursten
Kalimbeza Channel, Zambezi
Photo: Bart Wursten
Kalimbeza Channel, Zambezi
Photo: Bart Wursten
Kalimbeza Channel, Zambezi
Photo: Bart Wursten
Kalimbeza Channel, Zambezi
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Synonyms:
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Caperonia buchananii Baker Caperonia palustris sensu Prain
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Native |
Description:
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Robust annual herb up to 1.5 m tall with a hollow, somewhat inflated stem up to 2 cm in diameter, more or less densely covered in whitish, non-glandular ciliate hairs. Leaves alternate, elliptic-ovate, up to 12 cm long; margin serrate; petiole up to 2 cm long; stipules ovate-lanceolate, 2-8 mm long, slightly fimbriate. Inflorescences axillary, up to 10 cm long. Flowers unisexual with male flowers soon falling and 1-3 female flowers per inflorescence; sepals green; petals white. Fruit 3-lobed, 7-9 mm wide, coarsely echinate. |
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On river banks, floodplains and dambos, in heavy black clay or sandy soils, usually semi-aquatic in seasonally waterlogged or permanently moist ground. |
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Worldwide distribution:
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From Mali to Somalia and South to Namibia, Botswana, Zambia and Malawi. |
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Content last updated: |
Sunday 11 March 2018 |
Literature:
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Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 47.
Radcliffe-Smith, A. (1996). Euphorbiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(4) Page 140.
Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 56.
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-22
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2022).
Flora of Caprivi: Species information: Caperonia fistulosa. https://www.capriviflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=199270, retrieved 19 August 2022
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