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Cassytha filiformis
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Photo: Bart Wursten
By road to Mutawatawa on other side of Mazowe River from Hippo Pools, Maramba CL
Photo: Bart Wursten
By road to Mutawatawa on other side of Mazowe River from Hippo Pools, Maramba CL
Photo: Petra Ballings
Zambezi River channel in front of Zambezi Sans River Lodge, Zambezi National Park.
Photo: Petra Ballings
Zambezi River channel in front of Zambezi Sans River Lodge, Zambezi National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Zambezi River channel in front of Zambezi Sans River Lodge, Zambezi National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Zambezi River channel in front of Zambezi Sans River Lodge, Zambezi National Park.
Photo: Mark Hyde
Island in Save River bed
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| Synonyms: |
Cassytha guineensis Thonn. ex Schumach. Cassytha guineensis Thonn. ex Schumach. var. livingstonii Meisn. |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Parasitic twining herb with green or yellow thread-like stems up to 2 m long, often forming dense masses over vegetation. Leaves scale-like 1-2 mm long. Flowers minute greenish-white in axillary, laxly 3-10-flowerd spikes 1-6 cm long. Fruit a subglobose drupe, c. 6 × 5 mm, surrounded by the hairless receptacle, crowned by the persistent perianth. |
| Notes: | Very similar to Cassytha pondoensis but that species can be distinguished in flower by the much shorter, cluster-like inflorescences. |
| Derivation of specific name: | filiformis: filiform, thread-like |
| Habitat: | Growing on shrubs, trees, grasses and reeds in grassland, woodland, at margins of forest, in vegetation along rivers and lakes and coastal dune areas. |
| Altitude range: | Above 0 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Pantropical. |
| Malawi distribution: | N,C,S |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Sunday 12 October 2014 |
| Literature: |
Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 20 - 21. (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 192. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 12. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 153. under alien, introduced species Diniz, M.A. (1997). Lauraceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(2) Pages 46 - 47. 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 58. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 71. Pooley, E. (1998). A Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust. Durban. Pages 528 - 529. (Includes a picture). Roodt, V. (2011). Wild flowers, Waterplants and Grasses of the Okavango Delta and Kalahari "Did You Know" nature series Struik Nature for Veronica Roodt Publications Page 71. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 80. 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 26. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 115. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 93. |
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