Derivation of specific name
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calycinum: calyx-like
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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). Sesamum calycinum Welw.
subsp. baumii (Stapf) Seidenst. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=152540
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Description
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Annual or perennial herb. It is easily distinguished from subsp. pseudoangolense by the flowers, which are always white to pale pink. The leaves are densely covered in mucilage glands, grey-green. The capsule is glabrescent and pale coloured with a shorter beak, bending upwards.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Sesamum calycinum Welw.
subsp. baumii (Stapf) Seidenst. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=152540
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Frequency
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Local
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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). Sesamum calycinum Welw.
subsp. baumii (Stapf) Seidenst. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=152540
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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Frequent by the Zambezi River in Botswana, Zambia and Zambia; also by the Okavango River in Namibia and Angola
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Sesamum calycinum Welw.
subsp. baumii (Stapf) Seidenst. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=152540
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
