Antherotoma senegambiensis (Guill. & Perr.) Jacq.-Fél.
var. senegambiensis
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Path to Mt Pheza, Chimanimani Mts, Mozambique
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Path to Mt Pheza, Chimanimani Mts, Mozambique
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Path to Mt Pheza, Chimanimani Mts, Mozambique
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Path to Mt Pheza, Chimanimani Mts, Mozambique
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Ridge above Cavalo, Sanjunjira, Mt Gorongosa
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Ridge above Cavalo, Sanjunjira, Mt Gorongosa
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Ridge above Cavalo, Sanjunjira, Mt Gorongosa
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Ridge above Cavalo, Sanjunjira, Mt Gorongosa
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Ridge above Cavalo, Sanjunjira, Mt Gorongosa
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Lower slopes Mt Mabu
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Plateau between Mucandue and Mutandani Rivers, eastern Chimanimani Mts.
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Synonyms:
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Dissotis senegambiensis (Guill. & Perr.) Triana var. senegambiensis Osbeckia senegambiensis Guill. & Perr.
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Frequency:
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Frequent |
Status:
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Native |
Description:
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Much-branched annual or perennial herb with somewhat scrambling habit, up to 2 m tall. Stems 4-angled, pale green to dull red, more or less densely covered with spreading bristly hairs up to 7 mm long, even longer at the nodes. Leaves opposite, up to 9 × 2.5 cm, more or less narrowly ovate-lanceolate to elliptic-oblong, light green on both surfaces or darker above, appressed hairy, 3-5-veined from the base; margin entire to finely crenate with long spreading bristly hairs; petiole 2-10 mm, hairy. Flowers in terminal and axillary clusters; calyx with long spreading bristly hairs; petals up to 17 × 13 mm, pale to bright purple; stamens all similar, yellow. |
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Derivation of specific name:
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senegambiensis: of Senegambia (now Senegal and Gambia) in West-Africa, where the type specimen was found. |
Habitat:
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Along river banks, forest margins and in grassland, often in moist places. |
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Worldwide distribution:
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Widespread in Tropical Africa. |
Mozambique distribution:
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Z,MS |
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Spot characters:
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Content last updated: |
Thursday 19 July 2012 |
Literature:
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Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 208. as Dissotis senegambiensis
Fernandes, R. & A. (1978). Melastomataceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Page 268. As Dissotis senegambiensis senegambiensis under different formas
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.
Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 120. as Dissotis senegambiensis var. senegambiensis
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-18
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2018).
Flora of Mozambique: Species information: Antherotoma senegambiensis var. senegambiensis. https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=142510, retrieved 25 April 2018
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