Acalypha fimbriata Schumach & Thonn.

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Photo: Helen Pickering
Within the fenced area of the Victoria Falls, on path leading up stream from entrance gate

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Mavhuradonha Wilderness Eco-Lodge

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Near Mubvee (Hippo) Lodge, Mana Pools National Park

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Inhamitanga Forest Reserve, Cheringoma

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Near Treehouse 10, Ngepi Camp, Kavango River

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At compound of Zambezi Nightclub/Restaurant, Katima Mulilo

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Near Treehouse 10, Ngepi Camp, Kavango River

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Cleveland Dam, Harare

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Synonyms:	Acalypha ciliata sensu Prain & Hutch. Acalypha vahliana Müll. Arg.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Very similar to Acalypha ciliata but consistently differing in the teeth of the female bracts, which are up to 1.5 mm long, falcate-lanceolate, curved at the apex, often lying alongside each other and almost contiguous.
Type location:	Ghana
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Derivation of specific name:	fimbriata: fimbriate; with a fringed margin, referring to the margin of the female bracts.
Habitat:	In Acacia woodland, riverine vegetation, on the margins of pans, on alluvial soil or sandy soil near the edge of water.
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Worldwide distribution:	Widespread in tropical Africa and northern South Africa.
FZ divisions:	N,T,MS
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Images last updated:	Wednesday 13 September 2017
Literature:	Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 142. Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 86. (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 40. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 107. Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 60. (Includes a picture). Radcliffe-Smith, A. (1996). Euphorbiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(4) Pages 205 - 206.

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