Corchorus aestuans L.

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Road no8 between road no4 and no11, Gorongosa National Park

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Mueredzi, Gorongosa National Park, Muanza

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Synonyms:	Corchorus acutangulus Lam.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Branched annual herb, up to 50 cm tall, erect when young, older branches becoming prostrate. Branches covered in long hairs, often mostly on one side. Leaves ovate to broadly elliptic, up to 8 × 3.5 cm, sparsely hairy on both surfaces; margins crenate-serrate. Flowers in 1-3 flowered leaf-opposed sub-sessile clusters, yellow, c. 8 mm in diameter; sepals linear, pointed, as long as the petals. Fruit a 3-5-angled capsule, usually straight, up to 4 cm long, narrowly winged at the angles angles with 3-5 spreading horns at the apex, hairless.
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Habitat:	Mainly in disturbed areas.
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Worldwide distribution:	From Ethiopia to KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Mozambique distribution:	N,Z,T,MS
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Content last updated:	Friday 30 January 2009
Literature:	Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 16. 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 80. Wild, H. (1963). Tiliaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 83 - 88. (Includes a picture).

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