Thunbergia annua Nees

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Frequency: Probably rare
Status: Possibly introduced or Native
Description:
Erect or decumbent annual herb; stem up to 25 cm long. Leaves opposite, oblong-ovate, 4-6 cm long, sparsely silvery hairy,particularly on the veins; margin with a pair of large teeth in the lower third and sometimes coarsely toothed towards the apex; petiole very short, 0-2 mm long, not winged but with the base of the leaf somewhat decurrent. Flowers solitary, axillary, on pedicels 3-6 mm long (up to 9 mm in fruit). Calyx finely velvety with scattered capitate glands. Corolla white with or without a pale yellow centre; tube cylindric for about 2 mm, opening to the throat for 7-10 mm and 3-5 mm wide at the apex; lobes 3-5 mm long; anthers c. 1.5 mm long, bearded at the base. Capsule depressed globose, 6-10 mm wide with a beak 8-12 mm long, densely velvety.
Notes: The very large disjunction in its distribution may possibly be due to a fairly recent introduction into Botswana possibly with cotton seed.
Derivation of specific name: annua: annual
Habitat: In grassland on clay soils and as a weed in cotton fields.
Altitude range: (metres) 1100 m (approx)
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Worldwide distribution: Disjunct distribution from Niger, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania to western Zimbabwe and northern Botswana.
Zimbabwe distribution: W
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Literature:

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.

Vollesen, K. (2013). Acanthaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 8(5) Pages 29 - 30.


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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: Thunbergia annua.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=152950, retrieved 29 March 2024

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