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Pavonia columella
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Ndundu Lodge, Vumba
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| Synonyms: |
Pavonia galpiniana Schinz Pavonia meyeri Mast. Pavonia mollis E. Mey. ex Harv. |
| Common names: | Pink pavonia (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Softly woody shrub, mostly 1-2 m tall, rarely taller. Most parts covered in soft, sticky hairs, not irritant. Leaves shallowly 3-7-lobed, rounded, unpleasantly aromatic when crushed. Flowers pale pink in small axillary clusters. |
| Notes: | This species is superficially similar to Pavonia urens, which is a much more robust plant covered with sharp, irritant hairs. |
| Derivation of specific name: | columella: with a small column |
| Habitat: | Higher rainfall areas; at the margins of evergreen and riverine forest |
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| Flowering time: | Almost throughout year |
| Worldwide distribution: | Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and South Africa as far as Eastern Cape. Also in Réunion and introduced in Madagascar. |
| Malawi distribution: | N,S |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 92 - 93. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 204. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 43. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 259. Exell, A.W. (1961). Malvaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2) Pages 509 - 510. (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 61. 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 27. As Pavonia meyeri Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 119. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 95. |
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