Sesamum triphyllum Welw. ex Asch.

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Shashe Wilderness Camp, Shashe River

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Chipinda Pools, Gonarezhou National Park.

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Kwando core area, Bwabwata National Park

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Road from Katima Mulilo to Zambian border, sideroad

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B8 to Ngoma

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C8, about 32 km West of Katima Mulilo

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Road from Katima Mulilo to Zambian border, sideroad

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Hainaveld, Ngamiland East

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Synonyms:	Sesamum gibbosum Bremek. & Oberm.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Erect annual herb, 25-200 cm. Leaves opposite, mostly 3-foliolate, upper leaves often simple; leaflets long and narrow, terminal leaflet longest. Extra-floral nectaries normally single. Flowers solitary in the upper leaf axils, mauve with a darker purple centre. Fruit a more or less oblong capsule, c. 40 × 6 mm, erect with an apical beak 6-8mm long, distinctly bent outwards.
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Derivation of specific name:	triphyllum: leaves with 3 leaflets or lobes
Habitat:	In grassland and along roadsides.
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Worldwide distribution:	Southern Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia and South Africa.
National distribution:	M
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Images last updated:	Wednesday 7 May 2008
Literature:	Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 184. (Includes a picture). Ihlenfeldt, H.-D. (1988). Pedaliaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(3) Page 105. (Includes a picture). Kirby, G. (2013). Wild Flowers of Southeast Botswana Struik Nature, Cape Town South Africa Page 290. (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 66. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 92.

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