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Oxalis semiloba
semiloba
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Vumba rd, nr Chinziwa cattle grid
Photo: Bart Wursten
Vumba rd, nr Chinziwa cattle grid
Photo: Bart Wursten
Vumba rd, nr Chinziwa cattle grid
Photo: Bart Wursten
By Circular Drive, Nyanga NP
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| Common names: | Fishtail sorrel (English) |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial herb, with long vertical rhizome, growing from a small bulb. Leaves trifoliolate; leaflets variably heart-shaped, lobed at the apex; often reddish to purple below. Flowers in pseudo-umbels, pale to deep pink, sometimes with a yellow centre. |
| Notes: | This species is superficially similar to the exotic weed Oxalis latifolia. It can be distinguished by the long vertical rhizome, usually growing from a single bulb; and the smaller leaves. |
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| Habitat: | A species of forest edges, Brachystegia woodland and grassland. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Botswana, DRC, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa. |
| Malawi distribution: | N,C,S |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Bandeira, S., Bolnick, D. & Barbosa, F. (2007). Wild Flowers of Southern Mozambique Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique Pages 95 - 96. (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 223. as Oxalis semiloba Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 41. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 27. 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 93. Exell, A.W. (1963). Oxalidaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 153 - 154. (Includes a picture). Exell, A.W. & Gonçalves, M.L. (1969). 35. Oxalidaceae Flora de Moçambique Junta de Investigaçoes de Ultramar, Centro de Botanica Pages 5 - 6. Kabuye, C.H.S. (1971). Oxalidaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 9 - 10. Kirby, G. (2013). Wild Flowers of Southeast Botswana Struik Nature, Cape Town South Africa Page 284. (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 66. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 83. Plowes, D.C.H. & Drummond, R.B. (1990). Wild Flowers of Zimbabwe. Revised edition. Longman, Zimbabwe. No. 66, plate 92 Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 91. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 143. Wild, H. (1955). Common Rhodesian Weeds Government of Rhodesia, Salisbury Page 35. (Includes a picture). Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 96. |
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Flora of Zimbabwe: Oxalis semiloba subsp. semiloba
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Oxalis semilobaAfrican Plant Database: Oxalis semiloba
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Oxalis semiloba
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Oxalis semiloba
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Wikipedia: Oxalis semiloba
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