Triumfetta pilosa Roth
var. pilosa

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Chinyakwaremba, Vumba

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On terraces below Ndundu Lodge

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Synonyms:	Triumfetta morrumbalana De Wild. Triumfetta pilosa Roth var. nyasana Sprague & Hutch.
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Status:	Native
Description:	See Triumfetta pilosa for general details and combined records. This variety is distinguished by the indumentum being sparser and more strigose above, denser but not tomentose beneath. The leaves are lanceolate iso ovate, mostly 9-18 cm long.
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Derivation of specific name:	pilosa: pilose, with long soft hairs.
Habitat:	Mostly along forest margins but also on roadsides and in disturbed places.
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Worldwide distribution:	Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Also in India.
Malawi distribution:	N,C,S
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Literature:	Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 90 - 91. as Triumfetta pilosa (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 57. 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 81. as Triumfetta pilosa var. nyasana Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 181. as Triumfetta pilosa var. nyasana Wild, H. (1963). Tiliaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 76 - 77. as Triumfetta pilosa var. nyasana

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