Hydrocotyle mannii Hook.f.

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Ndundu Lodge, Vumba

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Tava Marsh, Moribane Forest

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Ndundu Lodge, Vumba

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Camp site, Chirinda Forest

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Tava Marsh, Moribane Forest.

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Tava Marsh, Moribane Forest

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Synonyms:	Hydrocotyle hirta R. Br. Hydrocotyle moschata sensu auct.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Prostrate, creeping perennial herb, rooting at the nodes. Leaves round to kidney-shaped with a narrow but deeply cordate base, up to 5 × 4.5 cm, with 5-15 lobes varying from very shallow to about halfway to the centre of the leaf, nearly hairless or with scattered bristly hairs above, more densely so below, especially on the veins; margin crenate-dentate to almost entire; petiole 1.5-11 cm long, more or less densely hairy with white bristly hairs. Flowers minute, greenish-white, in 10-30-flowered, dense spherical umbels.
Type location:	Fernando Po
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Derivation of specific name:	mannii: after Gustav Mann (1836-1916), British colonial representative in the Gulf of Guinea, who collected plants in that area.
Habitat:	In moist grassy areas, often on disturbed soil and as a weed in lawns.
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Worldwide distribution:	From Equatorial Guinea to Sudan and South to Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
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Literature:	Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 63. (Includes a picture). Cannon, J.F.M. (1978). Apiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 560 - 561. (Includes a picture). Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 24. Fischer, E. & Killmann, D. (2008). Illustrated Field guide to the Plants of Nyungwe National Park Rwanda. University of Koblenz-Landau. Page 742. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 18. Maquet, P. (1983). Apiaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume II Page 562. (Includes a picture). Meerts, P. (2024). Araliaceae Sous-famille II. Hydrocotyloideae Flore d'Afrique Centrale Nouvelle Serie Jardin Botanique Meise, Belgique Pages 11 - 14. (Includes a picture). Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 50.

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