Euphorbia tettensis Klotzsch

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Makuti-Chirindu rd, on escarpment, C. 800m before turnoff to Mana pools.

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Plateau above Nhagutua Gorge, Cheringoma

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Plateau above Archway Gorge, Mweredzi River, Gorongosa National Park, Muanza.

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By Mazowe River, between camp and weir, Hippo Pools, Umfurudzi Safari Area.

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Synonyms:	Chamaesyce tettensis (Klotzsch) Koutnik
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Description:	Erect annual herb, up to c. 25 cm tall or with spreading, semi-prostrate branches up to 35 cm long. All parts with silky white hairs. Leaves opposite, subsessile, ovate-lanceolate, up to 2.5 cm long, obliquely cordate at the base, upper surface sometimes with a reddish blotch over the midrib; margin entire. Stipules linear, c. 1 mm long. Flowers axillary with 4 white or pink, petal-like appendages. Capsule acutely 3-lobed, c. 2 mm in diameter, densely covered in silky hairs, exserted on a reflexed pedicel.
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Derivation of specific name:	tettensis: of Tete in Mozambique
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Worldwide distribution:	Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and a single specimen from Soutpansberg, Limpopo, South Africa.
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Literature:	Carter, S. & Leach, L.C. (2001). Euphorbiaceae: subfamily Euphorbioideae: tribe Euphorbieae Flora Zambesiaca 9(5) Page 348. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 26. 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 41. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 56. as Chamaesyce tettensis

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