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Family : Tiliaceae |
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Family (APGIII) : MALVACEAE |
| Protologue : Mant. Pl. Altera: 566 (1771) |
| Information on the genus : Corchorus |
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Status
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| Status for MA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for NA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for SA : | accepted (naturalised-introduced) |
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| Status for TA : | accepted (indigenous) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Annual herb 0,2-1 m tall, usually erect but with the older branches rather spreading; branchlets at first compressed or angular. |
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see more in the book |
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| Ecology : |
Combretum-Terminalia and Anogeissus woodland and bushland, etc.; usually in shade; very various dry or moist soils from argillous sand to porous volcanic rock, or clay; waste places; 4-1700 m alt. Egypt; tropics and subtropics of the Old World. |
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| Biol./Eco : |
biology: annual -Herb - Ht 0.12 - 0.91 m. Alt: 245 - 1005 m. Distribution: BOT, NAM, GA, KN, LP, MP, NW, SWZ |
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Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Ethnobotany of the Kwanyama Ovambos : 131 (1985).
Bibliography for North Africa :
- BARRY J. P. & J. C. CELLES (1991). Flore de Mauritanie. Institut supérieur scientifique de Nouakchott - Université de Nice. [p.339]
- BOULOS, L. (2000). FLORA OF EGYPT. [vol. 2] Al Harara Publishing. Cairo. [p.89]
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
| see under Germplasm Resources Information Network |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under Catalogue de Madagascar |
| see under Flora of Mozambique |
| see under Tropicos |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
| see under Herbarium, North Africa MPU |
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| Record n°121599 modified 2009-06-23 |
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