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Rumex sagittatus
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Chelinda Camp, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chelinda Camp, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chelinda Camp, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chelinda Camp, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chelinda Camp, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chelinda Camp, Nyika National Park
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| Synonyms: |
Rumex abyssinicus sensu Eyles non Jacq. Rumex burchellii Campd. Rumex pseudoscutatus Dinter |
| Common names: | Scrambling dock (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial, scrambling or climbing, dioecious herb. Stems annual, up to 2 m long, hollow, flexuous. Leaves petiolate; lamina 4-10 × 3-5 cm, triangular; base hastate-sagittate; apex acute. Inflorescence a leafless terminal panicle. Flowers unisexual borne in few-flowered whorls. Inner perianth segments pale brown to pink or coral-red, wing-like in fruit; base deeply cordate. Nut pale brown, shiny. |
| Notes: | The specimen in the images (Iqbal & Wursten AI239, BR) appear to represent the first record from northern Malawi. Records from Mt Mulanje in the South were the furthermost northern record of this species in Africa and this record would be quite an extension further to the North. |
| Derivation of specific name: | sagittatus: arrow-shaped, sagittate. |
| Habitat: | Along the margins of forest and woodland, and in bracken scrub, where it climbs and scrambles over other vegetation. |
| Altitude range: | 900 - 2400 m |
| Flowering time: | (Jan-)Feb - Apr (-Jul) |
| Worldwide distribution: | Zambia and Malawi southwards to South Africa. |
| Malawi distribution: | N,S |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Monday 3 September 2018 |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 48. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 31. 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 68. Nogueira, I., Ortiz, S. & Paiva, J.A.R. (2006). Polygonaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(3) Pages 42 - 44. (Includes a picture). Rechinger, K.H. (1954). Monograph of the Genus Rumex in Africa Botaniska Notiser Supplement 3(3) Pages 45 - 47. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Rumex sagittatusAfrican Plant Database: Rumex sagittatus
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Rumex sagittatus
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