Sclerocarpus africanus Jacq.

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Near to the (closed) restaurant, Sinamatella, Hwange NP

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Status:	Native
Description:	Erect annual herb, 15-120 cm tall. Leaves opposite lower on the stem, alternate higher up, ovate, 3-12 cm long, with rough short hairs on both surfaces; margin scalloped or toothed; petiole up to 4 cm long. Capitula terminal. Involucre with c. 5 spreading leaf-like green bracts up to 3 cm long. Disk-florets greenish-yellow with a bulging bract around the ovary conspicuous in fruit. Ray-florets few or absent, yellow, spathulate.
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Derivation of specific name:	africanus: African
Habitat:	In sandy soils in woodland and bush or along river banks and lake shores.
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Worldwide distribution:	Widespread in tropical Africa.
Mozambique distribution:	T
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Content last updated:	Saturday 28 November 2009
Literature:	Beentje, H.J. & Ghazanfar, S.A. (eds.) (2005). Compositae (Part 3) Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 757 - 759. (Includes a picture). Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 222. (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 28. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 33. Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 39. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 38. Wild, H. (1967). The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 1. Heliantheae. Kirkia 6(1) Pages 37 - 38.

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