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Sphenoclea zeylanica
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Moenge, Itimbiri River, DR Congo. © National Botanic Garden of Belgium
Photo: Bart Wursten
Moenge, Itimbiri River, DR Congo. © National Botanic Garden of Belgium
Photo: Bart Wursten
Moenge, Itimbiri River, DR Congo. © National Botanic Garden of Belgium
Photo: Bart Wursten
Moenge, Itimbiri River, DR Congo. © National Botanic Garden of Belgium
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Branched annual herb, up to 1.5 m tall. Stems hollow. Leaves lanceolate, narrowly ovate to elliptic, up to 12 × 5 cm, hairless; margin entire; petiole up to 1.5 cm long. Flowers in conical-cylindric spikes, up to 12 cm long. Corolla very small, white, greenish or pink yellow. Fruit a capsule, 4-5 mm in diameter, dehiscing below the calyx lobes, leaving the base attached to the rhachis. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | zeylanica: from Sri Lanka (Ceylon) |
| Habitat: | In wet places near pools, pans, irrigation channels, swamps and floodplains |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1100 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in tropical Africa, Asia and (probably introduced) America |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,S |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
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Flora of Mozambique: Sphenoclea zeylanicaAfrican Plant Database: Sphenoclea zeylanica
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Sphenoclea zeylanica
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Sphenoclea zeylanica
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Sphenoclea zeylanica
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Sphenoclea zeylanica
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Sphenoclea zeylanica
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Sphenoclea zeylanica
JSTOR Plant Science: Sphenoclea zeylanica
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Sphenoclea zeylanica
Tropicos: Sphenoclea zeylanica
West African Plants database: Sphenoclea zeylanica
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