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Synonyms: |
Galium bequaertii De Wild. |
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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Perennial herb. Stems often much-branched, scrambling or climbing, up to c. 2 m long, 4-angled with spreading hairs on the angles. Leaves mostly in whorls of 6, linear to narrowly elliptic, 10-15 mm long, single-veined; apex with a distinct whitish acumen; margin reflexed, entire but set with small recurved prickles. Inflorescences cylindric, many-flowered. Flowers 2-3 mm in diameter, pale to bright yellow, often hairy on the outside. Fruit mostly hairless. |
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Habitat: | At forest edges, clearing and in bush clumps. |
Altitude range: | 1700 - 2300 m |
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Worldwide distribution: | DRC, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe. |
Malawi distribution: | N |
Growth form(s): | Perennial. |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: | Sunday 28 October 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 241. 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. Verdcourt, B. (1988). Rubiaceae, Part 1 Flora Zambesiaca 5(1) Pages 198 - 199. |
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