Biophytum crassipes Engl.

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At parks offices Thazima Gate, Nyika National Park.

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Synonyms:	Biophytum ringoetii De Wild.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Stemless perennial herb, up to 15 cm high growing from a thickened woody rootstock. Leaves in 1–4 rosettes, up to 13 cm long with a hairy rhachis; leaflets in 4–17 pairs, obliquely subcircular to obovate, 2·5–11 mm long, hairless, with 3–7 pairs of prominent lateral veins; margin ciliate. Flowers yellow, orange or reddish, in 3–6-flowered pseudumbels on a hairy peduncle 5–15 cm long; pedicels up to 4 mm long. Sepals linear-lanceolate, 5–6 mm long, 5–7-veined, pubescent. Petals 6–9 mm. long, hairless. Capsule obovoid-ellipsoid, 3 mm long, hairless.
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Derivation of specific name:	crassipes: with a thick foot.
Habitat:	In woodland, grassland, scrub and marshy places.
Altitude range:	1200 - 1660 m
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Worldwide distribution:	DRC, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia.
Mozambique distribution:	N
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Content last updated:	Friday 3 May 2019
Literature:	Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 223. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 93. Exell, A.W. (1963). Oxalidaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 159 - 161. (Includes a picture). Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 82.

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Biophytum crassipes
African Plant Database: Biophytum crassipes
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