Hibiscus sidiformis Baill.

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Vilankulo, Inhambane, Mozambique

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Lake Urema Floodplain Edge, Gorongosa National Park

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Synonyms:	Hibiscus ternatus (Cav.) Mast.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Annual herb, from 6-100 cm. Stipules 1-2 mm. Leaves: petiole up to 4.5 cm; lamina 1-5 × 1-5 cm, broadly ovate to subcircular, usually not lobed below, but shallowly to deeply 3-lobed above, the lobes broadly elliptic to ± linear, densely pubescent or tomentellous with occasional longer hairs; base usually cordate; margin entire or coarsely serrate. Flowers 3-3.5 cm in diameter, white or pale yellow. Epicalyx 0. Calyx 8-13 mm; lobes longer than the capsule. Capsule 5-8 × 5-6 mm, ellipsoid. Seeds densely minutely verrucose, glabrous.
Type location:	Madagascar
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Derivation of specific name:	sidiformis: resembling a Sida (both in flower colour and in the absence of epicalyx segments)
Habitat:	In dry woodland and in alluvial soils
Altitude range: (metres)	Up to 1000 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Widespread in Tropical Africa, South Africa and Madagascar
FZ divisions:	T,MS,GI
Growth form(s):	Annual.
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Images last updated:	Monday 27 June 2016
Literature:	Exell, A.W. (1961). Malvaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2) Page 445. Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 288. (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 61. Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 81. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 84.

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