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Frequency: | Local and occasional |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Creeping or scandent herb with stems up to 1.5 m long. Leaves reniform with a broad apical notch, broader than long, often coloured purple below; margin dentate; petiole 3-4 cm bearing prominent stipule-like auricles c. 2 cm at the base. Flowers yellow. |
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Derivation of specific name: | auriculatissimus: with most marked ear-like lobes, strongly auriculate (at the base of the petiole) |
Habitat: | Along forest edges. |
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Flowering time: | Aug -Dec |
Worldwide distribution: | Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique. |
National distribution: | E |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Tuesday 13 March 2012 |
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 28. Strugnell, A.M. (2002). Endemics of Mt. Mulanje. The endemic spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi Systematics and Geography of Plants 72 Page 21. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 57. |
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