Elephantorrhiza elephantina (Burch.) Skeels

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Records of this taxon from all countries are shown in the table below. Cases where the taxon is native, naturalised, possibly planted or definitely planted are all listed.

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Record number No of images Record date Recorder(s) Coll. Det. Conf. Herbaria Habitat Location Loc code(s) Outing code Planted code Country QDS Grid ref. FZ Div Alt. (m) Notes Lat Long Loc Acc Code
2963014 Jan 2005MA Hyde
BT Wursten
Serpentine grasslandMtoroshanga Pass, Gt Dyke0Zimbabwe1730B1 TS568010N15200
3819221 Oct 2005MA Hyde
BT Wursten
Open area with shrubsNr Odzani R. bridge350Zimbabwe1832D3 VQ484192E1060Just coming into flower.-18.82136032.5099606
297520 Oct 1957OB Miller
OB Miller
4568
SRGH

GrasslandBesna Kobila Farm, Matobo570Zimbabwe2028B3 W1460 [See note 16]0
39575015 Aug 1999MA Hyde
M Silva-Jones
A MacNaughtan
Open woodlandBy Mutare-Harare Road, near Headlands, at 121 km peg0Zimbabwe1831B2 C00
43434029 Sep 2012MA Hyde
MA Hyde
Roadside vergeGlenara Avenue South, Harare10Zimbabwe1731C3 C1510Very little left of what were once extensive colonies; the population succumbing to urban cultivation and a used car lot.-17.82750031.0915007
469200No date0Zimbabwe1730B1 0Tree Society mapping record0
469210No date0Zimbabwe1731C3 0Tree Society mapping record0
469220No date0Zimbabwe2028A1 0Tree Society mapping record0
469230No date0Zimbabwe1831B2 0Tree Society mapping record0
469240No date0Zimbabwe1731C1 0Tree Society mapping record0
62618025 Oct 2014M Coates Palgrave
C Sharp
M Coates Palgrave
M835
M Coates Palgrave
BUL

Open woodlandMatabeleland, Old Gwanda Rd, close to Mzilikatze's Grave T/O0Zimbabwe2028B3 W1440-20.38185028.5805337
845520No dateMukuvisi Woodland1,20Zimbabwe1731C3 C0Checklist 10
98651031 Oct 2018MA Hyde
MA Hyde
RoadsideGlenara Avenue, just south of Norwich Avenue, Harare10Zimbabwe1731C3 C1511Small colony-17.82699431.0915287
110423011 Nov 2014JE Burrows
SM Burrows
JE Burrows
14356
JE Burrows
LMA

BNRH

Vilanculos, road to Island View Lodge, ca. 8 km N of the town.0Mozambique2135C4 GI30Geoxylic suffrutex with long woody rhizomes, forming colonies in open grassy areas in degraded (chopped) mixed coastal woodland/thicket mosaic on old dunes.-21.91870035.3123506
116121016 Jan 2022MA Hyde
T Alegria
MA Hyde
Open grassy areaSummer Island farm, Goromonzi0Zimbabwe1731C4 C1555-17.90280331.3522037
126439030 Jan 1978J Reid
J Reid
in SRGH 260245
SRGH

Sandy soil near stream. in wet duing the rains.Mukuvisi Woodland.1,20Zimbabwe1731C3 C1460Low bushes covering area 3 x 7 paces. Pods curved in broad plane. Underground stem used medicinally after maternity cases.0
12716706 Jan 2025MA Hyde
BT Wursten
MA Hyde
BT Wursten
Open grassland with shrubsNear Camp Dwala, Besna Kobila, Matobo.570Zimbabwe2028B3 W1491-20.43934328.7454977
12727707 Jan 2025MA Hyde
BT Wursten
P Ballings
MA Hyde
BT Wursten
Open grassland with shrubsNear Camp Dwala, Besna Kobila, Matobo.570Zimbabwe2028B3 W1485-20.43744928.7441307
127540010 Jan 2025MA Hyde
BT Wursten
MA Hyde
BT Wursten
Open sandy woodlandNear Jabulani Safari Lodge, Shangani Sanctuary0Zimbabwe1929C4 W1462-19.88688829.4620397

Total records found: 19



Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Botswana: Species information: Records of: Elephantorrhiza elephantina.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/species-display.php?species_id=126450, retrieved 3 April 2025

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