Rorippa madagascariensis DC.) Hara

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Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road no. 11, Gorongosa National park

Synonyms:	Nasturium humifusum Guill. & Perr. Nasturtium madagascariense DC. Rorippa humifusa (Guill. & Perr.) Hiern
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Description:	Almost stemless herb. Leaves numerous, forming a rosette, pinnate or pinnatipartite, up to 16 cm long, rhachis winged, leaflets irregularly suborbicular to broadly ovate, crenate or sometimes deeply divided. Flowers white, with pedicels 1–1.5 mm long, in decumbent racemes up to 10 cm long in the axils of the basal leaves. Petals, less than 1 mm. long. Stamens 6. Fruit 6–10 mm long, hairless, style persistent.
Type location:	Madagascar
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Derivation of specific name:	madagascariensis: of Madagascar.
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Worldwide distribution:	Fairly widespread in tropical Africa and in Madagascar.
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Literature:	Exell, A.W. (1960). Brassicaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) Page 185. As Rorippa humifusa

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