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Hibiscus engleri
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Nr Tuli police camp
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Nr Tuli police camp
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Nr Tuli police camp
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Nr Tuli police camp
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Nr Tuli police camp
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Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve
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Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve
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Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve
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Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve
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| Synonyms: |
Hibiscus cordatus Harv. Hibiscus irritans R.A. Dyer Hibiscus microcylicinus Engl. Hibiscus subphysaloides Hochr. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Erect herb, up to 1.5 m tall. Stems with yellowish simple and stellate, irritant hairs. Leaves ovate to almost round in outline, up to 9 × 8 cm, shallowly to deeply 3-5-lobed or 3-5-angled, with stellate and simple bristly hairs on both surfaces; base cordate; margin irregularly toothed. Petiole up to 8 cm long with hairs like the stems. Flowers solitary in the upper leaf axils, often forming apparent terminal racemes, yellow with a maroon or dark red centre, 5-6 cm in diameter. Epicalyx bracts 7-10, very short, up to 3.5 mm long, filiform. Calyx up to 16 mm long; lobes triangular, joined at the base for 7-8 mm. Fruit an ellipsoid capsule, 15 × 9 mm, bristly hairy, carpels awned up to 3 mm. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | engleri: named after Dr Prof Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler (1844-1930), German Director of the Royal Botanical Gardens in Berlin, who initiated extensive botanical exploration in Africa. |
| Habitat: | Dry open woodland and scrub. |
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| Flowering time: | Dec - May |
| Worldwide distribution: | Tropical Africa, tropical Asia and Madagascar |
| Mozambique distribution: | M |
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Other sources of information about Hibiscus engleri:
African Plant Database: Hibiscus engleriBiodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Hibiscus engleri
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Hibiscus engleri
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Hibiscus engleri
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Hibiscus engleri
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Hibiscus engleri
JSTOR Plant Science: Hibiscus engleri
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Hibiscus engleri
Tropicos: Hibiscus engleri
West African Plants database: Hibiscus engleri
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