Corchorus junodii (Schinz) N.E. Br.

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Pande, Inhassoro District

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Vilankulo, Inhambane, Mozambique

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Synonyms:	Triumfetta junodii Schinz
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Status:	Native
Description:	Small shrub up to 1.6 m high with young branches grey pubescent. Leaves lanceolate, oblong or elliptic, 1.5-6 cm long, almost hairless or shortly green hairy above, densely whitish or yellowish hairy beneath; margin coarsely toothed; petiole up to 1 cm long.; stipules 2-4 mm long, densely grey-hairy. Inflorescences leaf-opposed, 3-5-flowered, on peduncles up to 1 cm long, densely grey-hairy. Sepals linear with a caudate apex, up to 1 cm long, densely hairy outside. Petals oblanceolate, 7-8 mm long, yellow. Stamens numerous. Capsule ovoid, up to 2 × 1.5 cm including a dense covering of stellate hairy bristles.
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Derivation of specific name:	junodii: named after Henri-Alexandra Junod (1863-1934), Swiss evangelist and naturalist in South Africa.
Habitat:	In coastal woodland and scrub.
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Worldwide distribution:	Mozambique and Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal South Africa.
Mozambique distribution:	MS,GI,M
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Content last updated:	Saturday 20 August 2016
Literature:	Siebert, S. & Mössmer, M. (Editors) (2002). SABONET Southern Mozambique Expedition 2001; Provisional Plant Checklist of the Maputo Elephant Reserve (MER) and Licuati Forest Reserve (LFR) SABONET News 7(1) Page 29. Wild, H. (1963). Tiliaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 83 - 91. (Includes a picture).

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