Antherotoma senegambiensis (Guill. & Perr.) Jacq.-Fél.
var. senegambiensis

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Path to Mt Pheza, Chimanimani Mts, Mozambique

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Ridge above Cavalo, Sanjunjira, Mt Gorongosa

Synonyms:	Dissotis senegambiensis (Guill. & Perr.) Triana var. senegambiensis Osbeckia senegambiensis Guill. & Perr.
Common names:
Frequency:	Frequent
Status:	Native
Description:	Much-branched annual or perennial herb with somewhat scrambling habit, up to 2 m tall. Stems 4-angled, pale green to dull red, more or less densely covered with spreading bristly hairs up to 7 mm long, even longer at the nodes. Leaves opposite, up to 9 × 2.5 cm, more or less narrowly ovate-lanceolate to elliptic-oblong, light green on both surfaces or darker above, appressed hairy, 3-5-veined from the base; margin entire to finely crenate with long spreading bristly hairs; petiole 2-10 mm, hairy. Flowers in terminal and axillary clusters; calyx with long spreading bristly hairs; petals up to 17 × 13 mm, pale to bright purple; stamens all similar, yellow.
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Derivation of specific name:	senegambiensis: of Senegambia (now Senegal and Gambia) in West-Africa, where the type specimen was found.
Habitat:	Along river banks, forest margins and in grassland, often in moist places.
Altitude range: (metres)
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Worldwide distribution:	Widespread in Tropical Africa.
Zimbabwe distribution:	E
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Endemic status:
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Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Content last updated:	Friday 16 September 2011
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