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Triumfetta amuletum Sprague

Description

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Perennial, stems prostrate to ascending, to 1.2 m long. Leaves: lamina 7-10 × 3.5-11 cm, broadly ovate to circular, 5-nerved from the base, densely stellate-pubescent above, tomentose beneath; base rounded or broadly cuneate; margin crenate. Petiole up to 5 cm, with 3-5 pairs of discoid glands just below the lamina. Inflorescences of leaf-opposed cymes, 1-2 together on stout peduncles. Flowers crowded together. Sepals 10-12 mm long, linear, with crowded scales outside and a blackish 2-dentate horn just below the apex. Petals yellow. Fruit c. 2 cm in diameter, globose, covered with hard conical glabrous tubercles, sometimes bearing spines.
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Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Triumfetta amuletum Sprague Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=138650
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Mark Hyde
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Bart Wursten
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Petra Ballings
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Worldwide distribution

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Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe
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cc-by-nc
copyright
Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
bibliographic citation
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Triumfetta amuletum Sprague Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=138650
author
Mark Hyde
author
Bart Wursten
author
Petra Ballings
original
visit source
partner site
Flora of Zimbabwe