Pedalium murex Royen ex L.
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Photo: Sune Holt
Vilankulo, Inhambane, Mozambique
Photo: Sune Holt
Vilankulo, Inhambane, Mozambique
Photo: Sune Holt
Vilankulo, Inhambane, Mozambique
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Status:
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Native |
Description:
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Erect or ascending, sparsely glandular, annual herb, up to 75 cm high.Leaves subsucculent, oblong, elliptic to obovate, 1.5-5 cm long; margin coarsely dentate particularly in the upper half, rarely entire; petiole 5-35 mm long. Flowers solitary in the leaf axis, yellow; tube 2-2.5 cm long; limb 1.5-2 cm in diameter; lobes subcircular. Fruit 1-2 cm long, excludung the spines. |
Notes:
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The leaves are eaten as a vegetable. |
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Habitat:
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Coastal areas on saline soils, sometimes as a weed. |
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Worldwide distribution:
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Widespread in tropical East Africa and West Africa, Socotra, Madagascar, Comores, India, Sri Lanka and Java. |
Mozambique distribution:
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Growth form(s):
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Annual.
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Spot characters:
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Content last updated: |
Wednesday 28 May 2014 |
Literature:
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Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 94.
Ihlenfeldt, H.-D. (1988). Pedaliaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(3) Pages 109 - 110. (Includes a picture).
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-23
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2023).
Flora of Mozambique: Species information: Pedalium murex. https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=171700, retrieved 22 March 2023
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