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| Family : MALVACEAE |
| Protologue : Bull. Herb. Boissier 3: 494 (1895) |
| Information on the genus : Sida |
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Sida aurescens Ulbr. (1913) |
| =Sida dinteriana Hochr. (1902) |
| =Sida flexuosa Burtt Davy (1926) |
| =Sida chionantha Ulbr. (1913) |
| =Sida longipes var. canescens Szyszyl. |
| =Sida ovata Forssk. (1775) |
| =Sida grewioides Guill. & Perr. (1831) |
| =Sida abyssinica Hochst. ex D. Dietr. (1847) |
| =*Sida subrotunda Hochst. |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Erect annual or perhaps perennial herb 0,5-1,75 m tall, woody at base, branched throughout but not much branched at the base; stems terete, wiry, longitudinally fissured. Variable species (rather numerous synonyms). |
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| Ecology : |
Mostly in rather arid woodland, usually on deep sandy soils (in association with Terminalia sericea, etc.); sometimes on somewhat brackish or alkaline soils (in pans and periodically dry river beds, etc.); mountain slopes; usually 600-1200 m alt. |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- Exell, A. & Wild, H. (1961). Flora Zambesiaca: Mozambique, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Bechuanaland Protectorate. London Kew 1[2]: 482-483
Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Bothalia 3: 245 (1937).
- Ethnobotany of the Kwanyama Ovambos : 112 (1985).
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under Flora of Mozambique |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
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| Record n°81857 |
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