Corchorus junodii
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Pande, Inhassoro District
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Pande, Inhassoro District
Photo: Warren McCleland
Pande, Inhassoro District
Photo: Sune Holt
Vilankulo, Inhambane, Mozambique
Photo: Sune Holt
Vilankulo, Inhambane, Mozambique
Photo: Sune Holt
Vilankulo, Inhambane, Mozambique
Photo: Sune Holt
Vilankulo, Inhambane, Mozambique
Photo: Sune Holt
Vilankulo, Inhambane, Mozambique
Photo: Sune Holt
Vilankulo, Inhambane, Mozambique
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| Synonyms: |
Triumfetta junodii Schinz |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Small shrub up to 1.6 m high with young branches grey pubescent. Leaves lanceolate, oblong or elliptic, 1.5-6 cm long, almost hairless or shortly green hairy above, densely whitish or yellowish hairy beneath; margin coarsely toothed; petiole up to 1 cm long.; stipules 2-4 mm long, densely grey-hairy. Inflorescences leaf-opposed, 3-5-flowered, on peduncles up to 1 cm long, densely grey-hairy. Sepals linear with a caudate apex, up to 1 cm long, densely hairy outside. Petals oblanceolate, 7-8 mm long, yellow. Stamens numerous. Capsule ovoid, up to 2 × 1.5 cm including a dense covering of stellate hairy bristles. |
| Type location: |
Mozambique |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | junodii: named after Henri-Alexandra Junod (1863-1934), Swiss evangelist and naturalist in South Africa. |
| Habitat: | In coastal woodland and scrub. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Mozambique and Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal South Africa. |
| FZ divisions: | MS,GI,M |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Saturday 20 August 2016 |
| Literature: |
Siebert, S. & Mössmer, M. (Editors) (2002). SABONET Southern Mozambique Expedition 2001; Provisional Plant Checklist of the Maputo Elephant Reserve (MER) and Licuati Forest Reserve (LFR) SABONET News 7(1) Page 29. Wild, H. (1963). Tiliaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 83 - 91. (Includes a picture). |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Corchorus junodiiAfrican Plant Database: Corchorus junodii
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