Derivation of specific name
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zeylanicum: from Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
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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). Trichodesma zeylanicum (Burm. f.) R. Br. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=148460
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Description
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Densely bristly-hairy annual herb to 1 m. Leaves narrowly elliptic. Flowers becoming nodding, in terminal 1-sided bracteate inflorescences. Sepals bristly hairy, enlarging in fruit. Corolla 7-9 mm (shorter than our other Trichodesma spp.), scarcely exserted from the sepals; lobes pale blue to lilac or pinkish. Nutlets 4, smooth and shiny, usually mottled with grey and brown on the outer surface.
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Trichodesma zeylanicum (Burm. f.) R. Br. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=148460
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Frequency
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Common at mid and lower altitudes
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Trichodesma zeylanicum (Burm. f.) R. Br. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=148460
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Insects whose larvae eat this plant species
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Utetheisa pulchella (Crimson-speckled footman)
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Trichodesma zeylanicum (Burm. f.) R. Br. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=148460
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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Tropics and subtropics of Old World; in Africa in east and southern Africa only
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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). Trichodesma zeylanicum (Burm. f.) R. Br. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=148460
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
