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Diodia sarmentosa
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Nhandar River, lower slopes Mt Gorongosa, Mozambique.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Nhandar River, lower slopes Mt Gorongosa, Mozambique.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Nhandar River, lower slopes Mt Gorongosa, Mozambique.
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| Synonyms: |
Diodia pilosa Schumach. & Thonn. Diodia scandens auct. non Sw. Spermacoce pilosa (Schumach. & Thonn.) DC. |
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| Status: | Native | |
| Description: |
Straggling or procumbent perennial or annual herb. Stems up to 4 m long, distinctly 4-angled, hairy on the angles. Leaves opposite, elliptic, up to 6.5 cm long, green to yellowish-green, with rough, tubercle based hairs. Stipules frilled with 5-7 setae, up to 7 mm long. Flowers in few-flowered clusters at the nodes. Corolla with 4 triangular lobes, small, mauve or white, somewhat hairy outside. Stamens and style exserted. Fruit oblong-ellipsoid, up to 3.5 × 2.5 mm. | |
| Notes: | This species appears to have been omitted in error from Mapaura and Timberlake (2004). | |
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| Habitat: | At the margin of evergreen and riverine forest and rocky areas near rivers. | |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1470 m | |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in tropical Africa, Asia, America and the Mascarene Islands. | |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | E | |
| Growth form: | AP | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species | |
| Content last updated: | Sunday 7 October 2007 |
Other sources of information about Diodia sarmentosa:
Flora of Mozambique: Diodia sarmentosaBiodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Diodia sarmentosa
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Diodia sarmentosa
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Diodia sarmentosa
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Diodia sarmentosa
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Diodia sarmentosa
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Diodia sarmentosa
West African Plants database: Diodia sarmentosa
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