Caperonia stuhlmannii Pax

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Along road no5A near Lion House, Gorongosa National Park

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Lake Urema Floodplain Edge, Gorongosa National Park

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Lake Urema Floodplain, Gorongosa National Park

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Synonyms:	Caperonia castaneifolia sensu Klotzsch Caperonia palustris sensu Müll. Arg.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Erect or ascending annual, up to 1.8 m tall but usually much shorter. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, up to 14 cm long, thinly leathery, 3-5-veined from the base, sparingly appressed hairy or almost hairless; margin distinctly toothed. Flowers in axillary spikes with glandular peduncles, unisexual. Male flowers short-lived, greenish; female flowers, with white petals, Fruit up to 4.5 × 7 mm, 3-lobed, covered in glandular hairs, green.
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Derivation of specific name:	stuhlmannii: after Dr Franz Ludwig Stuhlmann (1863-1928), German zoologist, who collected many plants in Mozambique and Tanzania.
Habitat:	In alluvial black clay soils on floodplains, mudflats and margins of pans, sometimes in standing water.
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Worldwide distribution:	Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Malawi distribution:	N,S
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Literature:	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 40. Radcliffe-Smith, A. (1996). Euphorbiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(4) Pages 138 - 140. (Includes a picture).

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