Sesuvium nyasicum (Baker) Gonç.

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Synonyms:	Sesuvium sesuvioides auct. Trianthema nyasica Baker
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Status:	Native
Description:	Branching semi-prostrate fleshy annual herb. Stems slightly succulent, up to c. 50 cm long. Leaves (sub)opposite or alternate by reduction, narrowly elliptic or elliptic-oblong, 7-23 mm long, slightly succulent. Flowers solitary, sessile, pink to purple, greenish on the outside. Perianth segments united in the basal half, narrowly triangular, with a dorsal apiculus, 1-2 mm long, from just below the apex. Fruit pointed, thickened in the lower part. Seeds with less than 20 prominent transverse wrinkles.
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Derivation of specific name:	nyasicum: from Malawi (Nyasaland)
Habitat:	In moist depressions on sandy and rocky soils, often in mopane woodland.
Altitude range: (metres)	300 - 1280 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Angola, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe distribution:	N,W,C,S
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Images last updated:	Sunday 22 January 2017
Literature:	Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 33. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 20. Gonçalves, M.L. (1978). Aizoaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Page 516. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 15. Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 19. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 20.

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