| Home | > | List of families | > | Pedaliaceae | > | Sesamothamnus | > | lugardii |
Sesamothamnus lugardii
Images: Click on each image to see a larger version and details of the record
Photo: JP Félu
Records and maps: Display species records Map species by: altitude rainfall geology Map species using Google Maps
Species details: Click on each item to see an explanation of that item (Note: opens a new window)
| Synonyms: |
Sesamothamnus seineri Engl. |
| Common names: | Isibuywana (Ndebele) Sesame bush (English) Transvaal sesame bush (English) |
| Frequency: | Rare |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Multi-stemmed, succulent, spiny shrubs or small trees. Trunk swollen at base. Leaves obovate, alternate and petiolate on long shoots, sessile and fasciculate on short shoots; folded upwards along the mid rib, green above, much paler below, covered in short greyish hairs on both surfaces. Flowers solitary in the leaf axils, large, white, pink or cream. Corolla with long curved tube and with spur at base. Stamens 4. Fruit a flattened woody capsule, notched at the base. Seeds winged. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | After EJ Lugard (1865-1944) |
| Habitat: | in arid rocky scrub on calcareous soils. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | Sep - Dec |
| Worldwide distribution: | Botswana, S Africa and Zimbabwe |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | W,S |
| Growth form: | ST |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Wednesday 26 April 2006 |
| Literature: |
Comments
comments powered by DisqusOther sources of information about Sesamothamnus lugardii:
African Plant Database: Sesamothamnus lugardiiBiodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Sesamothamnus lugardii
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Sesamothamnus lugardii
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Sesamothamnus lugardii
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Sesamothamnus lugardii
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Sesamothamnus lugardii
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Sesamothamnus lugardii
JSTOR Plant Science: Sesamothamnus lugardii
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Sesamothamnus lugardii
Tropicos: Sesamothamnus lugardii
West African Plants database: Sesamothamnus lugardii
| Home | > | List of families | > | Pedaliaceae | > | Sesamothamnus | > | lugardii |