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Turbina holubii
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Mtoroshanga Pass, Great Dyke
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Mtoroshanga Pass, Great Dyke
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By road from Main Camp to Sinamatella, Hwange NP
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By road from Main Camp to Sinamatella, Hwange NP
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Road from Little Toms to Big Toms, Hwange NP
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By road from Birchenough Bridge-Masvingo Rd to Lake Kyle Recreational Park entrance gate
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| Synonyms: |
Ipomoea holubii Baker Ipomoea rhodesiana Rendle Rivea holubii (Baker) Hall. f. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Much-branched, many-stemmed deciduous shrub, up to 2.5 m. Leaves ovate-cordate to almost circular with silvery hairs on both surfaces, particularly below. Inflorescences 1-5-flowered, axillary. Flowers mauve or pink, usually darker in the centre; white flowered plants occur rarely. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | holubii: after Dr Emil Holub (1847-1902), Czech author, physician, naturalist and explorer in Southern Africa. |
| Habitat: | In rocky soil in woodland, grassland and along roadsides. |
| Altitude range: | Up to 1500 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia and Mpumalanga South Africa. |
| Mozambique distribution: | N,T |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Saturday 17 May 2008 |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 34. As Ipomoea holubii Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 22. As Ipomoea holubii Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 271. Gonçalves, M.L. (1987). Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1) Pages 124 - 125. 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. Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 56. (Includes a picture). Plowes, D.C.H. & Drummond, R.B. (1990). Wild Flowers of Zimbabwe. Revised edition. Longman, Zimbabwe. No. 100, plates 135. 136 & 137 Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 50. Ipomoea holubii |
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