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Pentodon pentandrus
pentandrus
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Picture: Bart Wursten
Island 2, Katombora, Zambezi
Picture: Bart Wursten
Island 2, Katombora, Zambezi
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| Synonyms: |
Hedyotis pentandra Schumach & Thonn. Oldenlandia macrophylla DC. Oldenlandia pentandra (Schumach & Thonn.) DC. Pentodon abyssinicus Hochst. |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Annual or short-lived perennial herb with single, procumbent or suberect stems. Leaves opposite, linear-lanceolate to elliptic. Flowers on long peduncles in axillary few-flowered inflorescences, white, pale blue or mauve with soft hairs on the throat and corolla. |
| Type location: |
Ghana |
| Notes: | Very similar to var. minor but can be distinguished by differences in the style and less funnel-shaped flowers. The distribution of the two varieties does not seem to overlap in Zimbabwe. |
| Derivation of specific name: | pentandrus: with five stamens. |
| Habitat: | In muddy soil in riverine grassland and Phragmites or Papyrus swamps. |
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| Flowering time: | Apr |
| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in Tropical Africa, Madagascar and Arabia. Also in Southern USA,Cuba, Nicaragua and Brazil. |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | B,N,W,E |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Nw,N,E,W |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 251. (Includes a picture). Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 56. (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 73. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 91. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 98. Verdcourt, B. (1988). Rubiaceae, Part 1 Flora Zambesiaca 5(1) Pages 116 - 118. |
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