Triumfetta amuletum Sprague

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Canonkopje Crane and Game Sanctuary

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Shangani Ranch, Joseph Section, 590 metres west of the Shangani River.

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Shangani Ranch, Joseph Section, 590 metres west of the Shangani River.

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Status:	Native
Description:	Perennial herb with prostrate to ascending stems, up to 1.2 m long. Leaves broadly ovate to almost circular, up to 10 cm long, 5-veined from the base, densely stellate-pubescent above, tomentose beneath; base rounded or broadly cuneate; margin crenate; petiole up to 5 cm long, with 3-5 pairs of disc-like glands just below the lamina. Inflorescences leaf-opposed in 1-2 clusters together on stout peduncles. Flowers crowded together. Sepals linear, 10-12 mm long, with crowded scales outside and a blackish 2-toothed horn just below the apex. Petals yellow. Fruit c. 2 cm in diameter, globose, covered with hard conical hairless tubercles, sometimes bearing spines.
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Habitat:	Grassland at vlei edges or in open woodlands on heavy soils subject to waterlogging.
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Worldwide distribution:	Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Mozambique distribution:	T,MS
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Content last updated:	Saturday 16 May 2015
Literature:	Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 279. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 114. 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. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 75. Wild, H. (1963). Tiliaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 65 - 66. (Includes a picture).

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