Canarina eminii Asch. & Schweinf.

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Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda

Synonyms:	Canarina elegantissima T.C.E.Fr.
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Frequency:	Rare and localized
Status:	Native
Description:	Epiphytic or terrestrial herb with climbing or pendent stems up to several meters long. White latex present. Leaves opposite or 3-whorled, triangular-ovate, 2.5-10 cm long; margin bluntly to sharply dentate to double dentate; petiole generally less than half the length of the lamina, not coiled. Hypanthium obconical, 6-ribbed; calyx lobes 1.8-3.8 cm long. Corolla, funnel-shaped, 4.3-7.6 cm long, orange to orange-red with darker veins.
Notes:	In Malawi only known from the Misuku Hills, where this species reaches its most southern limit in Eastern Africa.
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Habitat:	In (sub)montane and riverine forest, sometimes among rocks.
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Worldwide distribution:	DRC, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi.
Malawi distribution:	N
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Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Content last updated:	Thursday 7 July 2022
Literature:	Thulin, M. (1983). Campanulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Pages 88 - 89. (Includes a picture).

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