Coleus daviesii E.A. Bruce

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Coleus daviesii

Photo: Bart Wursten
Lake Kaulime, Nyika National Park

Coleus daviesii

Photo: Bart Wursten
Lake Kaulime, Nyika National Park

Coleus daviesii

Photo: Bart Wursten
Lake Kaulime, Nyika National Park

Coleus daviesii

Photo: Bart Wursten
Lake Kaulime, Nyika National Park

Coleus daviesii

Photo: Bart Wursten
Along northern loop, Nyika National Park

Coleus daviesii

Photo: Bart Wursten
Along northern loop, Nyika National Park

Coleus daviesii

Photo: Bart Wursten
Along northern loop, Nyika National Park

Coleus daviesii

Photo: Bart Wursten
Along northern loop, Nyika National Park

Coleus daviesii

Photo: Bart Wursten
Along northern loop, Nyika National Park

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Synonyms: Plectranthus daviesii (E.A. Bruce) B. Mathew
Common names:
Frequency:
Status: Native
Description:
Strongly aromatic, scrambling, straggling perennial herb with sometimes woody stems up to 1.5 m tall. Hairs short, more or less spreading, non-glandular. Glands sessile, yellowish and/or reddish. Leaves spreading, opposite, often with clusters of small leaves in the axils of main leaves, more or less narrowly ovate or oblong, 2-6 cm long, pointed at the apex, almost hairless or with short hairs on the veins and numerous sessile reddish glands; margin crenate or serrate; petiole 4-12 mm long. Inflorescence lax with 2-6-flowered opposite clusters, mostly 10-15 mm apart; pedicels mostly 3-4 mm long. Calyx 2-3 mm long, expanding 5-6 mm in fruit, with glandular hairs and red sessile glands. Corolla white or bluish-white, 9-11mm long; upper lip shorter than lower lip; lower lip 6-7 mm long, horizontal, boat-shaped.
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Derivation of specific name:
Habitat: In evergreen forest, montane grassland and Protea-Erica thickets.
Altitude range: 2000 - 2500 m
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution: Southern Tanzania and northern Malawi
Malawi distribution: N
Growth form(s):
Endemic status: Near Endemic
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Content last updated: Saturday 8 September 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 188. as Plectranthus daviesii

Paton, A.J. et al. (2013). Lamiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(8) Page 255. as Plectranthus daviesii

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Coleus daviesii
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Coleus daviesii
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Coleus daviesii
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Coleus daviesii
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iNaturalist: Coleus daviesii
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Coleus daviesii
JSTOR Plant Science: Coleus daviesii
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Coleus daviesii
Plants of the World Online: Coleus daviesii
Tropicos: Coleus daviesii
Wikipedia: Coleus daviesii


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Malawi: Species information: Coleus daviesii.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=225040, retrieved 19 March 2024

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