Hibiscus ludwigii
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Mt Chinaka, Juliasdale
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Mt Chinaka, Juliasdale
Photo: Bart Wursten
Mt Chinaka, Juliasdale
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| Synonyms: |
Hibiscus macranthus Hochst. ex A. Rich. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Robust shrub-like perennial herb up to 2–3 m tall; stems sparsely to very densely setose. Leaves suborbicular in outline, up to 8 × 8 cm, obscurely or distinctly 3–5-lobed, setose-hairy on both surfaces, especially on the veins, base cordate or subcordate; margin crenate-serrate; petiole up to 7 cm long ; stipules 4–5 mm long, filiform. Flowers up to 7 cm. in diameter, yellow with purple centre, solitary in the axils of the upper leaves and forming racemes at the apices of the stems; peduncle up to 15 mm long, stellate-setose, articulated near the base. Epicalyx of 5 ovate-lanceolate to narrowly triangular bracts, up to 25 mm long, joined for c. 4–5 mm at the base. Calyx shorter than or equalling the epicalyx, pubescent; lobes ovate to ovate-lanceolate, joined to nearly half-way. Petals obovate, up to 7 × 6 cm, pubescent. Capsule ellipsoid, 22 mm long, densely stellate-setose. |
| Type location: |
South Africa |
| Notes: | |
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| Habitat: | At margins of forest. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa. |
| FZ divisions: | N,C |
| Growth form(s): | Perennial, shrub over 2 m. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Tuesday 19 June 2018 |
| 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 204. Exell, A.W. (1961). Malvaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2) Page 461. 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 60. Maquet, P. (1983). Malvaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume II Page 382. (Includes a picture). Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 157. |
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