Lysimachia africana Engl.

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Lusero Forest, Nyika National Park

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Synonyms:	Lysimachia parviflora Baker Lysimachia ruhmeriana Vatke Lysimachia saganeitensis Knuth Lysimachia woodii Knuth
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Status:	Native
Description:	Robust perennial herb up to 1 m tall. Stems often reddish. Leaves subsessile, more or less broadly elliptic to lanceolate, up to 6 cm long, surface and margin usually dotted with blackish glands. Inflorescences in axillary and terminal racemes up to 30 cm long. Flowers c. 3.8 mm long, white, pink or mauve, covered with short stalked glands, Fruit a globose capsule 3-5 mm in diameter, splitting into 5 erect valves.
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Derivation of specific name:	africana: African
Habitat:	In damp soils in swamps and by rivers and streams.
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Worldwide distribution:	Throughout tropical Africa, South Africa and Madagascar.
Malawi distribution:	N,C
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Content last updated:	Monday 27 August 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 229. as Lysimachia ruhmeriana (Includes a picture). Kupicha, F.K. (1983). Primulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Pages 187 - 188. as Lysimachia ruhmeriana (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 69. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 85. as Lysimachia ruhmeriana

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