Kalaharia uncinata (Schinz) Moldenke

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Kalaharia uncinata

Photo: Meg Coates Palgrave
Lilongwe

Kalaharia uncinata

Photo: Helen Pickering
NW of Livingstone: road to Vistana farm (turn north about 2kms before the western park gate). Drive about 5 kms to top of a hill, quarry on right, Kalahari sands, on eastern side of quarry as it merges with Brachystegia woodland

Kalaharia uncinata

Photo: Helen Pickering
NW of Livingstone: road to Vistana farm (turn north about 2kms before the western park gate). Drive about 5 kms to top of a hill, quarry on right, Kalahari sands, on eastern side of quarry as it merges with Brachystegia woodland

Kalaharia uncinata

Photo: Bart Wursten
Along track from Chobe River to Sedudu Gate, Chobe National Park.

Kalaharia uncinata

Photo: Bart Wursten
Along track from Chobe River to Sedudu Gate, Chobe National Park.

Kalaharia uncinata

Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road from Victoria Falls to town.

Kalaharia uncinata

Photo: Orty Bourquin
Modisa Wildlife Project,Grassland Game Farm, Ghanzi district.

Kalaharia uncinata

Photo: Orty Bourquin
Modisa Wildlife Project,Grassland Game Farm, Ghanzi district.

Kalaharia uncinata

Photo: Orty Bourquin
Modisa Wildlife Project,Grassland Game Farm, Ghanzi district.

Kalaharia uncinata

Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Growing naturally on Dabuyu Farms, Plot 67, Farm 401a Lilayi, Lusaka

Kalaharia uncinata

Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Growing naturally on Dabuyu Farms, Plot 67, Farm 401a Lilayi, Lusaka

Kalaharia uncinata

Photo: Gail Amyot
Guvalala Pan, Hwange National Park.

Kalaharia uncinata

Photo: Bart Wursten
Between Malangalanga and Area 3, Lilongwe

Kalaharia uncinata

Photo: Bart Wursten
Between Malangalanga and Area 3, Lilongwe

Kalaharia uncinata

Photo: Bart Wursten
Between Malangalanga and Area 3, Lilongwe

Kalaharia uncinata

Photo: Bart Wursten
Between Malangalanga and Area 3, Lilongwe

Kalaharia uncinata

Photo: Rob Burrett
Along Chisuma Road near Vic Falls.

Kalaharia uncinata

Photo: Rob Burrett
Along Chisuma Road near Vic Falls.

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Synonyms: Clerodendrum spinescens (Oliv.) Gürke
Clerodendrum uncinatum Schinz
Cyclonema spinescens Oliv.
Kalaharia spinescens (Oliv.) Gürke
Kalaharia spinipes Baill.
Rotheca uncinata (Schinz) P.P.J. Herman & Retief
Common names:
Frequency:
Status: Native
Description:
Erect, ascending or procumbent, shrubby perennial herb up to 1.2 m. Stems and branches angular, set with recurved and straight axillary spines. Leaves opposite, sometimes subopposite or alternate, broadly elliptic to almost round, sometimes broader than long, c. 7 × 5 cm, hairy on both surfaces, veins prominent below; margin entire. Flowers axillary, solitary, showy, scarlet-red, orange to yellow in the centre. Peduncles persisting as straight spines after the flowers have fallen. Fruit ovoid up to 17 mm long, shiny black and slightly lobed when ripe, held in the persistent calyx.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: uncinatum: hooked
Habitat: In wooded grassland, open woodland, roadsides and disturbed areas, often on alluvial soils and kalahari sand.
Altitude range: (metres)
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution: Angola, Botswana, DRC, Malawi, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe and North-West Province, South Africa.
Zimbabwe distribution: N,W
Growth form(s): Shrub under 2 m.
Endemic status:
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Images last updated: Thursday 8 October 2020
Literature:

Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 142 - 143. as Clerodendrum uncinatum (Includes a picture).

Fernandes, R. (2005). Lamiaceae (subfamilies: Viticoideae and Ajugoideae) Flora Zambesiaca 8(7) Pages 146 - 149. (Includes a picture).

Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 136. as Clerodendrum uncinatum (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 55.

Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 69. as Clerodendrum uncinatum

Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 68. (Includes a picture).

Roodt, V. (1998). Trees and Shrubs of the Okavango Delta Shell Field Guide Series: Part I Shell Oil Botswana, Gaberone. Pages 98 - 99. as Clerodendrum uncinatum (Includes a picture).

Roodt, V. (2011). Wild flowers, Waterplants and Grasses of the Okavango Delta and Kalahari "Did You Know" nature series Struik Nature for Veronica Roodt Publications Page 74. as Clerodendrum uncinatum (Includes a picture).

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 79. as Rotheca uncinata

Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 215.


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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Kalaharia uncinata.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=148970, retrieved 29 March 2024

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