Sium repandum Welw. ex Hiern

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Nyangombe Falls, Nyanga NP

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Bridal Veil Falls, Chimanimani

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Synonyms:
Common names:	Water parsnip (English)
Frequency:
Status:	Native
Description:	Erect, hairless perennial herb, up to 150 cm tall, growing from a creeping rhizome. Stems hollow, grooved, sometimes tinged red. Leaves pinnate, up to 30 cm long; leaflets oblong-lanceolate, up to 10 × 2 cm; margin with close-set regular teeth curving over each other as to give an almost scalloped appearance. Flowers in compound umbels with 7-24 rays, greenish-white to yellowish; bracts numerous, linear, up to 2 cm long; bracteoles similar to bracts. Fruit ovate-oblong, c. 2 × 1 mm, reddish-brown when ripe.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	repandum: wavy, undulating, referring to the leaf margin.
Habitat:	Occurring along streams, often standing in water.
Altitude range:
Flowering time:	Jan - Apr
Worldwide distribution:	Angola, Cameroon, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and South Africa.
Mozambique distribution:	T
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Endemic status:
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Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Content last updated:	Wednesday 22 July 2009
Literature:	Cannon, J.F.M. (1978). Apiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 597 - 598. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 51. 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 24. 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 18.

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Sium repandum
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