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Cardamine africana
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Trail 2, Ndundu Lodge, Vumba
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Trail 2, Ndundu Lodge, Vumba
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Camp site, Chirinda Forest
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Camp site, Chirinda Forest
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Camp site, Chirinda Forest
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| Synonyms: | |
| Common names: | African bittercress (English) |
| Frequency: | Local |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Slender perennial herb, 40-60 cm. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets up to 4 × 3 cm, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, sparsely hairy; apex pointed to rounded; margin crenate-dentate. Flowers in corymbose racemes, white to greenish, c. 6 mm in diameter. Fruit a straight, linear siliqua, 25-45 mm, flattened, tapering gradually. Seeds ellipsoid, flattened, brownish. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | africana: African |
| Habitat: | On the forest floor of submontane evergreen forest. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in mountainous areas of Tropical and South Africa. Also in India and Brazil |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Sunday 28 January 2007 |
| Literature: |
Exell, A.W. (1960). Brassicaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) Page 189. 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 30. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Cardamine africanaAfrican Plant Database: Cardamine africana
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