Hibiscus acetosella
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Katanga Province, DRC
Apr 2008
Photo: Jos Stevens
Katanga Province, DRC
Apr 2008
Photo: Jos Stevens
Katanga Province, DRC
Apr 2008
Photo: Jos Stevens
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| Common names: | Cranberry hibiscus (English) |
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| Description: |
Annual or perennial herb, sometimes woody below, to 2.5 m; stems without prickles. Stipules linear, not amplexicaul. Leaves: lamina ovate to suborbicular in outline, entire to 3-5-lobed, often red. Flowers up to 10 cm in diameter, solitary, purple-red or lemon-yellow with a purple centre. Epicalyx bracts 9-10, clearly forked. Calyx 10-nerved; lobes triangular, rigid. |
| Type location: |
Angola |
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| Derivation of specific name: | acetosella:from the taste of the leaves which resembles that of Rumex acetosella). |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Burundi to South Tropical Africa. |
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| Growth form(s): | Annual, perennial. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| 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 203. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 20. Exell, A.W. (1961). Malvaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2) Pages 438 - 439. 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 60. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 157. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Hibiscus acetosellaAfrican Plant Database: Hibiscus acetosella
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