32. Tiliaceae

Triumfetta heliocarpa K. Schum. Perennial herb. Shoots 20–40 cm high, in clusters, during owering slightly lower, developed from the tillering base. Flowers and fruits in August, simultaneously with the development of young leaves and later through October, in part until February. Leaves in full development in the rainy season. Seedlings noticed in November and later. So, vertical bottle-like tap root mainly up to about 4 cm in diameter, but narrow in the upper part, there – below the soil surface – buds for tillering. Hemicryptophyte. Tab. 3, Fig. 34a, b – Appendix 1, 2; Fl. Zamb.: A species with a similar habit and general appearance to T. welwitschii, therefore: perennial herb sending up annual stems from a woody rootstock (…) stems 20–45 cm tall (…) var. welwitschii of this species: very common in Brachystegia woodland and grassland (…) particularly obvious a er the grass is burnt.