Cabobanthus polysphaerus (Baker) H. Rob.

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Cabobanthus polysphaerus

Mabumba, Deriam
May 1990
Photo: Mike Bingham

Cabobanthus polysphaerus

Hillside. Protea savanna
Mpika
Jun 1995
Photo: Mike Bingham

Cabobanthus polysphaerus

Kalumbila Copper Mine prospect
Apr 2012
Photo: Mike Bingham

Cabobanthus polysphaerus

Mutinondo Wilderness Area
Apr 2012
Photo: Lari Merrett

Cabobanthus polysphaerus

Mutinondo Wilderness Area
Apr 2012
Photo: Lari Merrett

Cabobanthus polysphaerus

Kalumbila mining concession
Apr 2016
Photo: Mike Bingham

Cabobanthus polysphaerus

Habit
Brachystegia woodland
Tondwa GMA, Nsama District
Mar 2024
Photo: Nick Wightman

Cabobanthus polysphaerus

Flower
Brachystegia woodland
Tondwa GMA, Nsama District
Mar 2024
Photo: Nick Wightman

Cabobanthus polysphaerus

Flower
Brachystegia woodland
Tondwa GMA, Nsama District
Mar 2024
Photo: Nick Wightman

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Synonyms: Vernonia homblei De Wild. (1914)
Vernonia polysphaera Baker
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Perennial herb, erect, 45─120 cm. Stems annual. Leaves subsessile, concolorous, margin serrate to remotely subserrate, glabrous or nearly so. Capitula subsessile in clusters of (1)3-8, capitula-clusters numerous, sessile in the axils of upper stem and branch-leaves.
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Malawi
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Worldwide distribution: Zambia, D.R. Congo, Tanzania & Malawi
FZ divisions: N
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Literature:

Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 35. as Vernonia polysphaera

Pope, G.V. (1992). Compositae Flora Zambesiaca 6(1) Page 121. as Vernonia polysphaera

Robinson, H. (1999). Revisions in paleotropical Vernonieae (Asteraceae) Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 112(1) Page 228.

Wild, H. (1978). The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 8. Vernonieae (Vernonia). Kirkia 11(1) Page 117. as Vernonia polysphaera


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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Cabobanthus polysphaerus
African Plant Database: Cabobanthus polysphaerus
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cabobanthus polysphaerus
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-26

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2026). Flora of Malawi: Species information: Cabobanthus polysphaerus.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=201540, retrieved 18 August 2026

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