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Synonyms: |
Fadogia monticola Robyns |
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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Erect perennial herb with unbranched annual stems, normally up to 60 cm, occasionally taller. Leaves in whorls of 3-5, elliptic or lanceolate, shiny green above, covered in greyish white papillose hairs below. Inflorescences in 3-5-flowered whorls at the leaf nodes, creamy yellow to bright yellow. Fruit spherical, crowned with the persistent calyx limb, green, turning black when ripe. |
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Habitat: | In grassland and Brachystegia or Cryptosepalum woodland. |
Altitude range: | 1000 - 1800 m |
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Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Limpopo, Gauteng, South Africa. |
Malawi distribution: | N,C |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Literature: |
Bridson, D.M. (1998). Rubiaceae, Part 2 Flora Zambesiaca 5(2) Page 268. Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 241. 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 101. Goodier, R. & Phipps, J.B. (1961). A revised checklist of the vascular plants of the Chimanimani Mountains Kirkia 1 Page 64. as Fadogia monticola 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 72. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 88. Van Wyk, B. & Malan, S. (1988). Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Witwatersrand and Pretoria Region Struik, Cape Town Pages 174 - 175. (Includes a picture). Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 98. |
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