Caperonia fistulosa Beille

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Kalimbeza Channel, Zambezi

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Synonyms:	Caperonia buchananii Baker Caperonia palustris sensu Prain
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Status:	Native
Description:	Robust annual herb up to 1.5 m tall with a hollow, somewhat inflated stem up to 2 cm in diameter, more or less densely covered in whitish, non-glandular ciliate hairs. Leaves alternate, elliptic-ovate, up to 12 cm long; margin serrate; petiole up to 2 cm long; stipules ovate-lanceolate, 2-8 mm long, slightly fimbriate. Inflorescences axillary, up to 10 cm long. Flowers unisexual with male flowers soon falling and 1-3 female flowers per inflorescence; sepals green; petals white. Fruit 3-lobed, 7-9 mm wide, coarsely echinate.
Notes:	Generally similar to C. stuhlmannii but not glanduliferous, generally more robust with thicker stems and larger, more coarsely echinate fruit.
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Habitat:	On river banks, floodplains and dambos, in heavy black clay or sandy soils, usually semi-aquatic in seasonally waterlogged or permanently moist ground.
Altitude range:	900 - 1030 m
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Worldwide distribution:	From Mali to Somalia and South to Namibia, Botswana, Zambia and Malawi.
Malawi distribution:	C
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Content last updated:	Sunday 11 March 2018
Literature:	Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 47. Radcliffe-Smith, A. (1996). Euphorbiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(4) Page 140. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 56.

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