Sesamum angolense Welw.

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Ferme Randu, southwest Katanga Province, DRC

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Synonyms:	Sesamum macranthum Oliv.
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Description:	Erect annual or perennial herb, 0.8–3 m high, with an unpleasant smell. Leaves subsessile or shortly petiolate; narrowly oblong, narrowly elliptic or oblanceolate, 2–11 cm long, usually mucronate at the apex, discolorous, densely white woolly beneath; margin entire. Flowers reddish, pink, or pale mauve with darker markings; calyx lobes narrowly lanceolate or narrowly ovate, 5–10 mm long, pubescent; corolla, 3.5–7 cm long, 2–3 cm in diameter at the throat. Capsule narrowly oblong in lateral view, more or less, 4-angled, 18–28 mm long, rather densely pubescent, gradually narrowed into a flattened rather broad and short beak.
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Derivation of specific name:	angolense: of Angola
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Worldwide distribution:	Angola, DRC, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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Insects associated with this species:	Antigastra catalaunalis (Larval food plant)
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Literature:	Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 140 - 141. (Includes a picture). Bedigian, D. (2024). Pedaliaceae Flore d'Afrique Centrale Nouvelle Serie Botanic Garden Meise, Belgium Pages 7 - 9. (Includes a picture). 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) Page 98. (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 66. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 83.

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