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Brillantaisia cicatricosa
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Zovo Chipolo Trail, Nyika National Park
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Zovo Chipolo Trail, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Zovo Chipolo Trail, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Zovo Chipolo Trail, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Zovo Chipolo Trail, Nyika National Park
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| Synonyms: |
Brillantaisia grandidentata S. Moore Brillantaisia kirungae Lindau Brillantaisia subulugurica Burkill Brillantaisia ulugurica Lindau |
| Common names: | Giant salvia (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Soft-wooded aromatic shrub or even rarely a small tree, up to 5 m tall. Leaves opposite, more or less broadly ovate, sometimes purple-tinged, 10-40 cm long, often cordate at the base but lamina running back down into a winged petiole; margin coarsely toothed with small and large teeth. Flowers in a more or less open, branched purplish inflorescence, 10-40 cm long. Corolla pale to bright blue, mauve, violet or purple, 2 lipped; upper lip 25-52 mm long, covered with purplish glandular hairs; lower lip 17-40 mm long, 3-lobed. Capsule 25-45 mm long, glandular-hairy. |
| Notes: | |
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| Habitat: | Usually in wet depressions in the understory and at the margins of evergreen forest, often forming extensive colonies. |
| Altitude range: | 1100 - 2200 m |
| Flowering time: | Aug - Sep |
| Worldwide distribution: | DRC, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. |
| Malawi distribution: | N,C,S |
| Growth form(s): | Tree, shrub over 2 m. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | Salamis parhassus (Food plant) |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Tuesday 28 August 2018 |
| 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 48. as Brillantaisia kirungae (Includes a picture). Champluvier, D. (1985). Acanthaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume III Pages 446 - 447. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 10. As Brillantaisia ulugunica 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 18. as Brillantaisia grandidentata Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 21. As Brillantaisia ulugurica Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 273. As Brillantaisia subulugurica 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 13. as Brillantaisia subulugurica Steedman, E.C. (1933). Some Trees, Shrubs and Lianes of Southern Rhodesia. Page 76. As Brillantaisia species? Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 33. as Brillantaisia kirungae Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Dowsett-Lemaire, F., Congdon, C., Branch, B., Collins, S., Curran, M., Dowsett, R,J., Fishpool, L., Francisco, J., Harris, Kopp, M. & de Sousa, C. (2012). Mt Mabu, Mozambique: Biodiversity and Conservation Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London Page 72. Vollesen, K. (2009). Acanthaceae (Part 1) Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 159 - 161. (Includes a picture). Vollesen, K. (2013). Acanthaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 8(5) Pages 103 - 105. (Includes a picture). Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 87. |
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Flora of Zambia: Brillantaisia cicatricosa
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Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Brillantaisia cicatricosa
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