Corchorus longipedunculatus Mast.

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Corchorus longipedunculatus

Photo: Bart Wursten
Between Hot Springs Resort and Odzi R.

Corchorus longipedunculatus

Photo: Bart Wursten
Between Hot Springs Resort and Odzi R.

Corchorus longipedunculatus

Photo: Bart Wursten
Between Hot Springs Resort and Odzi R.

Corchorus longipedunculatus

Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road to Masasanya Dam, Gonarezhou National Park.

Corchorus longipedunculatus

Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road to Masasanya Dam, Gonarezhou National Park.

Corchorus longipedunculatus

Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road to Masasanya Dam, Gonarezhou National Park.

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Status: Native
Description:
Erect annual herb, up to 60 cm. Leaves linear, bright green; margin finely dentate. Flowers 1-3, yellow, in axillary clusters on a long peduncle, c. 2 cm long. Fruit a cylindric capsule, 2-5 cm, splitting into 3 valves, on a straight, wiry stalk.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: longipedunculatus: with a long inflorescence stalk (peduncle)
Habitat: In hot, dry woodland
Altitude range: Up to 800 m
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution: Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Limpopo, Mpumalanga, South Africa.
Mozambique distribution: T,M
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Literature:

Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 16.

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 80.

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 108.

Wild, H. (1963). Tiliaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 86 - 87.

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Flora of Botswana: Corchorus longipedunculatus
Flora of Zimbabwe: Corchorus longipedunculatus

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Corchorus longipedunculatus
African Plant Database: Corchorus longipedunculatus
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Corchorus longipedunculatus
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Corchorus longipedunculatus
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Corchorus longipedunculatus
JSTOR Plant Science: Corchorus longipedunculatus
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Corchorus longipedunculatus
Plants of the World Online: Corchorus longipedunculatus
Tropicos: Corchorus longipedunculatus
Wikipedia: Corchorus longipedunculatus


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Mozambique: Species information: Corchorus longipedunculatus.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=138300, retrieved 10 December 2024

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