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Xenostegia pinnata
Xenostegia pinnata
- Botanic Family
- Convolvulaceae
- Author
- (Hochstetter ex Choisy) A.R. Simões & Staples
Common Names
Geographical Habitats
- Botswana
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Congo
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya
- Liberia
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nigeria
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- Cape Province
- Northern Provinces - South Africa
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Uganda
- Zaire
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Natural Habitats
- Wasteland
- roadsides
- coastal areas
- cultivated areas
- forest
- coastal
- riverside
- grassland
- shrubland
Flowering Times
Fruiting Times
Annual herbaceous trailer or twiner with pubescent stems. Pinnate leaves to 50mm x 25mm with 8-15 pairs to 8mm x 1mm. 1-3 flowered cymes with bracts, yellow, cream or pink flowers with reddish lobes, hairy calyx 4mm long, sepals to 8mm x 2mm, yellow or whitish corolla to 8mm long. Hairy dark green fruit 6mm diameter with persistent sepals
Further References
- Mobot
- The Plant List 2
- FOTA
- Kew
- Merremia