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Caperonia fistulosa
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Kalimbeza Channel, Zambezi
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Kalimbeza Channel, Zambezi
Photo: Bart Wursten
Kalimbeza Channel, Zambezi
Photo: Bart Wursten
Kalimbeza Channel, Zambezi
Photo: Bart Wursten
Kalimbeza Channel, Zambezi
Photo: Bart Wursten
Kalimbeza Channel, Zambezi
Photo: Bart Wursten
Kalimbeza Channel, Zambezi
Photo: Bart Wursten
Kalimbeza Channel, Zambezi
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Caperonia buchananii Baker Caperonia palustris sensu Prain |
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Robust annual herb up to 1.5 m tall with a hollow, somewhat inflated stem up to 2 cm in diameter, more or less densely covered in whitish, non-glandular ciliate hairs. Leaves alternate, elliptic-ovate, up to 12 cm long; margin serrate; petiole up to 2 cm long; stipules ovate-lanceolate, 2-8 mm long, slightly fimbriate. Inflorescences axillary, up to 10 cm long. Flowers unisexual with male flowers soon falling and 1-3 female flowers per inflorescence; sepals green; petals white. Fruit 3-lobed, 7-9 mm wide, coarsely echinate. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | From Mali to Somalia and South to Namibia, Botswana, Zambia and Malawi. |
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| Literature: |
Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 47. Radcliffe-Smith, A. (1996). Euphorbiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(4) Page 140. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 56. |
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Flora of Botswana: Caperonia fistulosaFlora of Caprivi: Caperonia fistulosa
Flora of Malawi: Caperonia fistulosa
Flora of Zambia: Caperonia fistulosa
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Caperonia fistulosaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Caperonia fistulosa
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Caperonia fistulosa
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Caperonia fistulosa
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iNaturalist: Caperonia fistulosa
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Caperonia fistulosa
JSTOR Plant Science: Caperonia fistulosa
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Caperonia fistulosa
Plants of the World Online: Caperonia fistulosa
Tropicos: Caperonia fistulosa
Wikipedia: Caperonia fistulosa
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