Triumfetta digitata
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Habit
Sandy open woodland
Lubuli area, degraded woodland along pathway to Chilongo Falls
Jan 2020
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flower
Sandy open woodland
Lubuli area, degraded woodland along pathway to Chilongo Falls
Jan 2020
Photo: Nick Wightman
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Ceratosepalum digitatum Oliv. Triumfetta flabellatopilosa R.Wilczek |
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Low shrub up to 60 cm tall or branches trailing and prostrate; branches densely ferruginously stellate-hairy when young; petiole up to 2.5 cm long, ferruginously hairy; leaf lamina 1.5-5 x 0.7 -1.4 cm, deeply 5-7 partite or digitate, leaflets oblanceolate with appressed stellate short and long hairs, margins serrate, apex acute to subacute, base cuneate; inflorescences in dense cymes opposite the bracts, bracts similar to the leaves but smaller; peduncles up to 2.5 cm; pedicels up to 5 mm long, bearing linear hairy bracteoles up to 8 mm; sepals 12-14 mm long, linear, narrowing to the apex, stellate hairy outside, with a horn 4-5 mm long inserted 0.75-1 mm below apex; petals yellow, 9-10 mm long, obovate and narrowed into a linear basal claw which is densely villous just above the base; stamens 35-40, c. 8 mm long; ovary depressed –globose, villous, 5-6 locular; fruit up to 3.5 cm in diameter including aculei, globose. |
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Zambia - Abercorn (Mbala) Distr., Kawimbe (Fwambo), fl. ii.1893, Carson 1 (K) |
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| Flowering time: | Jan - Feb |
| Worldwide distribution: | DRC, Tanzania and Zambia |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 160. Troupin, G. (1983). Tiliaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume II Page 376. As Triumfetta flabellatopilosa Wild, H. (1963). Tiliaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Page 67. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Triumfetta digitataAfrican Plant Database: Triumfetta digitata
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Triumfetta digitata
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Triumfetta digitata
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Triumfetta digitata
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iNaturalist: Triumfetta digitata
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Triumfetta digitata
JSTOR Plant Science: Triumfetta digitata
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Triumfetta digitata
Plants of the World Online: Triumfetta digitata
Tropicos: Triumfetta digitata
Wikipedia: Triumfetta digitata