Pedalium murex
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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: | Native |
| Description: |
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. |
| Type location: |
India |
| Notes: | The leaves are eaten as a vegetable. |
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| Habitat: | Coastal areas on saline soils, sometimes as a weed. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in tropical East Africa and West Africa, Socotra, Madagascar, Comores, India, Sri Lanka and Java. |
| FZ divisions: | N,GI |
| Growth form(s): | Annual. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Wednesday 28 May 2014 |
| Literature: |
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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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Pedalium murexAfrican Plant Database: Pedalium murex
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