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Sida ovata
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Photo: Bart Wursten
By road from Main Camp to Sinamatella, Hwange NP
Photo: Bart Wursten
By road from Main Camp to Sinamatella, Hwange NP
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Sida grewioides Guill. & Perr. |
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Suberect suffrutex up to c. 50 cm tall, densely grey-green hairy. Stems wiry, terete to somewhat angled when young, becoming woody and hairless when older. Leaves elliptic, oblong, ovate to somwhat obovate, 10-35 mm long; apex obtuse to rounded; base cuneate to rounded, grey-green hairy on both surfaces; margin coarsely serrate-crenate; petiole 2-10 mm, hairy. Flowers axillary, solitary or occasionally 2-3 together. Calyx c. 6 mm long, 10 ribbed, hairy, lobed to the middle; petals only slightly longer than calyx, yellow to orange-yellow. Mericarps 7-8, c. 4 mm long, birostrate. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | ovata: ovate or egg-shaped |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Drier parts of Africa from Senegal to Ethiopia and south to Namibia and Northern South Africa. Also on Socotra and the Arabian Peninsula. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Exell, A.W. (1961). Malvaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2) Pages 479 - 480. 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 61. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 85. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Sida ovataAfrican Plant Database: Sida ovata
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Sida ovata
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Sida ovata
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Sida ovata
JSTOR Plant Science: Sida ovata
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Sida ovata
Plants of the World Online: Sida ovata
Tropicos: Sida ovata
Wikipedia: Sida ovata
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