Cleome stricta (Klotzsch) R.A. Graham

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Macuti-Estoril, Beira

Photo: Sune Holt
Vilankulo, Inhambane, Mozambique

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Synonyms:	Symphyostemon strictus Klotzsch.
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Frequency:	Locally frequent
Status:	Native
Description:	Erect or spreading perennial herb, up to 60 cm tall. Stems with coarse longish white hairs and scattered shorter glandular hairs. Leaves 3-5-foliolate; leaaflets more or less narrowly obovate, harshly stigilose hairy on both surfaces; veins impressed above, prominent below; petiole up to 2.5 cm long, hairy like the stems. Inflorescences in terminal racemes, fairly dense at first but elongating in fruit. Flowers rose-coloured to purplish, often whitish to yellowish toward the base. Fruit a narrowly linear capsule up to 7 cm long, hairless.
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Derivation of specific name:	stricta: very straight, referring to the erect habit.
Habitat:	In sandy coastal soils, sometimes as a weed of cultivation in coastal areas
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Worldwide distribution:	Coastal areas of Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar and Mozambique.
FZ divisions:	N,MS,GI,M
Growth form(s):	Perennial.
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Images last updated:	Thursday 24 July 2014
Literature:	Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 41. Wild, H. (1960). Capparaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) Pages 198 - 199.

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