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Hibiscus sidiformis
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Rimiti West, by road from Mutare to Birchenough Bridge
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Road from Robins Camp to the Matetsi Safari Area gate, Hwange NP
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4km before Wengezi junction coming from Chimanimani
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4km before Wengezi junction coming from Chimanimani
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4km before Wengezi junction coming from Chimanimani
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| Synonyms: |
Hibiscus ternatus (Cav.) Mast. |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Annual herb, from 6-100 cm. Stipules 1-2 mm. Leaves: petiole up to 4.5 cm; lamina 1-5 × 1-5 cm, broadly ovate to subcircular, usually not lobed below, but shallowly to deeply 3-lobed above, the lobes broadly elliptic to ± linear, densely pubescent or tomentellous with occasional longer hairs; base usually cordate; margin entire or coarsely serrate. Flowers 3-3.5 cm in diameter, white or pale yellow. Epicalyx 0. Calyx 8-13 mm; lobes longer than the capsule. Capsule 5-8 × 5-6 mm, ellipsoid. Seeds densely minutely verrucose, glabrous. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | sidiformis: resembling a Sida (both in flower colour and in the absence of epicalyx segments) |
| Habitat: | In dry woodland and in alluvial soils |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in Tropical Africa, South Africa and Madagascar |
| Botswana distribution: | N |
| Growth form(s): | Annual. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Exell, A.W. (1961). Malvaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2) Page 445. Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 288. (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 61. Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 81. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 84. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Hibiscus sidiformisAfrican Plant Database: Hibiscus sidiformis
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