Corchorus schimperi
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Along road from entrance gate to Chitengo, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road from entrance gate to Chitengo, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road from entrance gate to Chitengo, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road from entrance gate to Chitengo, Gorongosa National Park.
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Lion House, Gorongosa National Park
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Lion House, Gorongosa National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Lion House, Gorongosa National Park
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| Synonyms: |
Corchorus muricatus sensu auct. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Annual herb with branches more or less erect when young but soon becoming prostrate. Branches with a line of curled hairs on one side. Leaves lanceolate to oblong, up to 5 × 1.5 cm, sparsely hairy, mainly on the margins and the veins below; margins crenate-serrate. Flowers in 1-3 flowered axillary clusters, yellow, c. 1 cm in diameter; sepals linear, pointed, as long as the petals. Fruit a 3-angled cylindric capsule, often curved, up to 2.5 cm long, the angles with small sharp teeth. |
| Type location: |
Ethiopia |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | schimperi: named after Wilhelm Schimper, explorer and collector, particularly in Ethiopia. |
| Habitat: | Mainly in disturbed and cultivated areas. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | From Ethiopia to KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Thursday 30 June 2016 |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 10. 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 81. 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 83 - 87. (Includes a picture). |
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