Lipotriche scandens (Schumach.) Orchard
subsp. madagascariensis (Baker) D.J.N.Hind

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Lipotriche scandens subsp. madagascariensis

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Hippo House, Gorongosa NP

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Zomba Community

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Synonyms:	Melanthera madagascariensis Baker Melanthera scandens (Schumach.) Roberty subsp. madagascariensis (Baker) Wild Melanthera scandens (Schumach.) Roberty subsp. subsimplicifola Wild Melanthera swynnertonii S. Moore
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Frequency:	Rare
Status:	Native
Description:	Scandent annual or perennial herb, up to 3 m. Stems and branches often 4-angular. Leaves on fairly long petioles, narrowly oblong-ovate, more or less lobed at the basal angles; margin irregularly crenate-dentate. Inflorescences terminal. Capitula terminal, singly or in groups, orange-yellow with ray-florets c. 17 mm. See subsp. subsimplicifolia for comparison
Notes:	Although earlier records are known from Katombora (West 3038, 1949) and Kazungula (Gilges 700, 1957) on the Zambian side of the Zambezi, there appear to be no known Zimbabwean records except those from the Eastern Division.
Derivation of specific name:	scandens: climbing or attempting to climb; madagascariensis: of Madagascar
Habitat:	In swamps and near rivers.
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Worldwide distribution:	From Ethiopia South to Angola, Botswana, DRC, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Also in Madagascar
Zimbabwe distribution:	E
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Literature:	Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 172 - 173. (Includes a picture). Beentje, H.J. & Ghazanfar, S.A. (eds.) (2005). Compositae (Part 3) Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 738 - 740. As Melanthera scandens madagascariensis (Includes a picture). Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 218. (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 26. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 36. as Melanthera madagascariensis Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 57. Wild, H. (1965). The African species of the genus Melanthera Rohr Kirkia 5(1) Pages 5 - 8. Wild, H. (1967). The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 1. Heliantheae. Kirkia 6(1) Pages 50 - 52.

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