Corchorus schimperi Cufod.

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Along road from entrance gate to Chitengo, Gorongosa National Park.

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Lion House, Gorongosa National Park

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Synonyms:	Corchorus muricatus sensu auct.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Annual herb with branches more or less erect when young but soon becoming prostrate. Branches with a line of curled hairs on one side. Leaves lanceolate to oblong, up to 5 × 1.5 cm, sparsely hairy, mainly on the margins and the veins below; margins crenate-serrate. Flowers in 1-3 flowered axillary clusters, yellow, c. 1 cm in diameter; sepals linear, pointed, as long as the petals. Fruit a 3-angled cylindric capsule, often curved, up to 2.5 cm long, the angles with small sharp teeth.
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Derivation of specific name:	schimperi: named after Wilhelm Schimper, explorer and collector, particularly in Ethiopia.
Habitat:	Mainly in disturbed and cultivated areas.
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Worldwide distribution:	From Ethiopia to KwaZulu-Natal, 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 10. 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 81. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 108. Wild, H. (1963). Tiliaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 83 - 87. (Includes a picture).

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