Cleome oxyphylla Burch.
var. oxyphylla

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Maleme Dam, near camp site

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Synonyms:	Polanisia oxyphylla (Burch.) DC.
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Description:	Erect shrubby annual herb 30-80 cm tall. Leaves 3-7-foliolate, up to 2.5 cm long, upper leaves much smaller, subsessile and with fewer leaflets, oblong-lanceolate to oblanceolate, glandular hairy on both sides; petiole on the lower leaves up to 6 cm long. Flowers in a lax terminal raceme; petals rose-pink to purple, yellow near the base. Stamens 8-12, the lower 4 as long as the petals. Capsule c. 8 × 0.4 cm, glandular hairy.
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Derivation of specific name:	oxyphylla: with a sharp or pointed leaf
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Flowering time:	Nov - Feb
Worldwide distribution:	Zimbabwe (Besna Kobila and Maleme areas in the Matobo Hills), Mpumalanga, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
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Literature:	Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 9. Kirby, G. (2013). Wild Flowers of Southeast Botswana Struik Nature, Cape Town South Africa Page 260. (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 32. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 44. as Cleome oxyphylla Wild, H. (1960). Capparaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) Pages 200 - 201. As Cleome oxyphylla

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