Corchorus trilocularis L.
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Near Shashe Wilderness Camp, Shashe River
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Near Shashe Wilderness Camp, Shashe River
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Near Shashe Wilderness Camp, Shashe River
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Along road at Mukombeze River floodplain, northern boundary Gorongosa National Park
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Along road at Mukombeze River floodplain, northern boundary Gorongosa National Park
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Along road at Mukombeze River floodplain, northern boundary Gorongosa National Park
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Streambed at base of Mt Bunga, northwestern Gorongosa National Park.
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Streambed at base of Mt Bunga, northwestern Gorongosa National Park.
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Streambed at base of Mt Bunga, northwestern Gorongosa National Park.
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Mukolo Camp
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Mukolo Camp
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Mukolo Camp
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Mukolo Camp
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Native |
Description:
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Branched annual herb, up to 1 m tall, usually erect, branches sometimes decumbent after damage from browsing. Young branches purplish, sparsely hairy. Leaves oblong to lanceolate, up to 12 × 3.5 cm, hairless or hairy, particularly on the veins; margins crenate-serrate with a long bristle on the 2 lowermost teeth. Flowers in 1-3 flowered leaf-opposed clusters; sepals narrowly lanceolate, as long as the petals. Fruit a slender more or less erect, cylindric, many-seeded capsule, straight or slightly curved, up to 7 cm long, 3-4-angled with a rough surface. |
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Derivation of specific name:
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trilocularis: with 3 loculi (chambers in the ovary). |
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Mainly in disturbed areas and as a weed of cultivation. |
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Worldwide distribution:
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Widespread in Africa and Asia. |
Mozambique distribution:
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N,Z,T,MS,GI,M |
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Content last updated: |
Saturday 20 June 2015 |
Literature:
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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 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 - 85. (Includes a picture).
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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 trilocularis. https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=138350, retrieved 23 April 2024
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