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Common names: | |
Frequency: | Occasional |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Erect herb up to 25 cm tall growing from a tuberous root; stem slender, pubescent; tendrils absent; leaves digitate, 3-foliate; petiole up to 3.2 cm long, pubescent, with a few short glands near apex; leaflet-lamina up to 4.3 x 0.6 cm (young leaves), linear to narrowly oblanceolate, margin serrate near apex, glabrous above and pubescent on the midrib below; stipules up to 7 x 3 mm, lanceolate-acuminate, pubescent; cymes ± terminal trichotomous ; peduncle up to 1.3 cm long, pubescent; pedicels up to 2.3 mm long pubescent with short purple-black capitate glands; flower bud c. 2 mm long, oblong-cylindric, very slightly constricted near the middle, pubescent; calyx purplish at the margins, 0.5 mm long, puberulous; ovary puberulous; style 1 mm long, slender, minutely capitate. |
Type location: |
Zambia, Kalungwishi River |
Notes: | Red Data list status: Limited distribution, possibly LR-nt |
Derivation of specific name: | nanellum: small or dwarf. |
Habitat: | Miombo woodland |
Altitude range: (metres) | |
Flowering time: | Oct - Nov |
Worldwide distribution: | Only known from north-eastern Zambia. |
National distribution: | N |
Zambian distribution (Provinces): | N |
Growth form(s): | |
Endemic status: | Endemic |
Red data list status: | Lower Risk - near threatened |
Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Tuesday 10 March 2020 |
Literature: |
Wild, H. & Drummond, R.B. (1966). Vitaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(2) Page 470. |
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