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Synonyms: |
Astrochlaena lachnosperma (Choisy) Hallier f. Ipomoea lachnosperma Choisy |
Common names: | Mukuku (Tonga: Zimbabwe) |
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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Robust erect annual herb with unbranched stems, up to 120 cm tall, covered in yellowish-white stellate hairs, sometimes slightly woody near the base. Leaves, ovate-rhombic to broadly elliptic, up to 13 cm long, thinly covered in stellate hairs above, more densely so and whitish below; margin entire but sometimes more or less distinctly repand; petiole up to 4 cm long. Flowers in c. 6-flowered pedunculate axillary clusters. Corolla funnel-shaped, creamy or white with a dark purple centre. Capsule ovoid, hairless. |
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Habitat: | On sandy soil, in mopane woodland, grassland and along roadsides. |
Altitude range: (metres) | 350 - 1300 m |
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Worldwide distribution: | Widespread from Nigeria to Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Botswana, Namibia, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,E |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Thursday 19 January 2017 |
Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 8. Gonçalves, M.L. (1987). Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1) Page 54. Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 363. (Includes a picture). 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 36. Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 52. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 48. |
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