Monsonia senegalensis
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Hwali River bridge
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Hwali River bridge
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Kandahar Fishing Camp, Zambezi National Park.
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Livingstone Kazangula area.
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Livingstone Kazangula area.
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Livingstone Kazangula area.
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| Common names: | Annual dysentery-flower (English) |
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Prostrate, decumbent or suberect annual herb, branching from a slightly woody base. Stems up to 40 cm long, densely covered in gland-tipped hairs. Leaves sometimes apparently opposite, ovate, up to c. 4 × 3 cm, cordate at the base; margin toothed. Flowers usually solitary, leaf-opposed or sometimes axillary, pink with darker veins; petals often shallowly lobed at the apex; stamens 15. Fruit, including the erect rostrum, 7-10.5 cm long. |
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Senegal |
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| Derivation of specific name: | senegalensis: of Senegal |
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| Worldwide distribution: | From Senegal to Egypt, Ethiopia and Kenya. Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Limpopo, South Africa. Also in Asia from Arabia to India. |
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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 54. Mueller, T. (1963). Geraniaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 139 - 140. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 76. Venter, H.J.T. (1979). A Monograph of Monsonia L. (Geraniaceae) Mededelingen Landbouwhogeschool Wageningen 79-9 Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands Pages 98 - 105. (Includes a picture). |
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