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Neptunia oleracea
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Selinda Reserve, Botswana
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| Synonyms: |
Mimosa prostrata Lam. Neptunia prostrata (Lam.) Baill. |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Aquatic herb. Stems creeping, often swollen and floating, rooting at the nodes. Leaves sensitive, bipinnate with 2-4 pairs. Leaflets in 7-22 pairs, oblong 5-20 mm long, mostly hairless. Flowers in subspherical axillary heads, 1.5-2.5 cm in diameter, bright yellow, on very long peduncles. Pods shortly oblong, up to 1.2 × 3.5 cm, in umbel-like clusters, bent at an angle to a short basal stipe. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | oleracea: vegetable-garden herb used in cooking |
| Habitat: | In and around pools, lakes and swamps. |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in tropical areas of the Old and New World |
| Botswana distribution: | |
| Growth form(s): | Aquatic. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Brenan, J.P.M. (1970). Mimosoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(1) Pages 45 - 47. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 216. Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing 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 45. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 70. Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 210. |
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