Talinum triangulare
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Description
Erect semi-shrub up to c. 1 m.
Leaves elliptic to obovate, up to 15 by 5 cm, acute to acuminate;
Sepals deltoid, c. 4.6 by 3½ mm, acuminate.
Petals 5, obovate, up to 10 by 4 mm, emarginate, pink.
Stamens 20-40;
Fruit up to 5 mm ø, 2-3-valved, yellow.
Seeds ∞, c. 1.2 mm Ø;
Distribution
Africa, tropical America
Pantropic weed, still extending its range, native of tropical America. According to Dr. LEEUWENBERG it extends enormously along new-made ways in Africa.