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Merremia palmata
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Hwali River bridge
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Nr upper dam, Hillside Dams, Bulawayo
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Nr upper dam, Hillside Dams, Bulawayo
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Nr upper dam, Hillside Dams, Bulawayo
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By road from Main Camp to Sinamatella, Hwange NP
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Tshabalala Nature Reserve,Bulawayo
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| Synonyms: | |
| Common names: | Morning-glory (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Prostrate or twining perennial herb. Stems up to 2.5 m long, hairless, ribbed or almost winged. Leaves deeply palmately 5-9-lobed with lower lobes often unequally forked; lobes linear to narrowly lanceolate, up to 7 cm long, hairless. Flowers solitary or in few-flowered axillary clusters on peduncles, up to 6.5 cm long. Corolla up to 5 cm in diameter, pale yellow with a deep maroon-red centre. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | palmata: palmate, like a hand |
| Habitat: | In dry open deciduous woodland and along roadsides, mostly in sandy soils. |
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| Flowering time: | Oct - Mar |
| Worldwide distribution: | Tropical East Africa, Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Limpopo, Mpumalanga, South Africa. Also in India. |
| Mozambique distribution: | N,GI,M |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Friday 15 May 2009 |
| Literature: |
Gonçalves, M.L. (1987). Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1) Pages 41 - 42. Kirby, G. (2013). Wild Flowers of Southeast Botswana Struik Nature, Cape Town South Africa Page 158. (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 37. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 51. |
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