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Striga forbesii
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Near cottages, Mana Pools National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Near cottages, Mana Pools National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Near cottages, Mana Pools National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Near cottages, Mana Pools National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Near cottages, Mana Pools National Park
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| Synonyms: |
Buchnera forbesii (Benth.) D. Dietr. |
| Common names: | Giant Maize Witchweed (English) |
| Frequency: | Occasional |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Sparsely branched, erect, annual herb, up to c. 75 cm tall but usually much shorter. Leaves opposite, sessile, lanceolate, 2-4(7) cm long, 3-veined from the base; margin coarsely toothed, recurved, roughly hairy. Flowers in open racemes, opposite or alternate. Bracts leaf-like, up to 2 cm long. Calyx tube 5-9 mm long; lobes lanceolate, as long as the tube, with rough hairs on the veins. Corolla salmon-pink, glandular pubescent; tube c 2 cm long, bent near the top; lower lobes obovate 7-11 mm long, mid lobe longest; upper lobe distinctly emarginate. Capsule oblong, flattened, shorter than the calyx tube, rounded at the apex. |
| Notes: | A root parasite of grasses and is occasionally found on maize and sorghum. |
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| Habitat: | In floodplain grassland, often on cracking clay. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in tropical Africa, South Africa and Madagascar. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E,S |
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| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Saturday 3 December 2011 |
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Flora of Mozambique: Striga forbesiiAfrican Plant Database: Striga forbesii
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Striga forbesii
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Striga forbesii
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Striga forbesii
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Striga forbesii
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Striga forbesii
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Striga forbesii
JSTOR Plant Science: Striga forbesii
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Striga forbesii
Tropicos: Striga forbesii
West African Plants database: Striga forbesii
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