Thespesia populneoides (Roxb.) Kostel.

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Kololi, Serrekunda, The Gambia

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Tanji Bird Reserve, The Gambia

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Synonyms:	Hibiscus populneoides Roxb. Thespesia populnea (L.) Sol. ex Corrêa var. populneoides (Roxb.) Pierre
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Status:	Native
Description:	Large shrub or small tree to 8 m; branchlets and young leaves copper-coloured. Leaves petiolate: lamina usually as long as broad, subtruncate or shallowly to deeply cordate at base with the sinus generally broad, palmately 5–9-nerved, lepidote beneath. Pedicels drooping, up to 13 cm long, articulated at the junction with the stem. Bracteoles 3. Corolla yellow with a red spot at the base, densely lepidote outside. Capsule pendent with the exocarp dehiscing by (4-)5 valves. Seeds with clavate hairs.
Notes:	Generally similar to T. populnea but differing in the longer, pendulous pedicels and dehiscent fruit.
Derivation of specific name:	populneoides: resembling Thespesia populnea.
Habitat:	Along drier edges of mangrove swamps and tidal estuaries.
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Worldwide distribution:	From Kenya to KwaZulu-Natal, India and Australia; introduced elsewhere.
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Content last updated:	Tuesday 31 January 2023
Literature:	Areces-Berazain, F. & Ackerman, J. (2020). A revision of Thespesia and allied genera in Tribe Gossypieae (Malvaceae-Malvoideae). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-019-09598-5. Brittonia.

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Thespesia populneoides
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Thespesia populneoides
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Thespesia populneoides
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