Karomia tettensis (Klotzsch) R. Fern.

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Mana Pools, by main road to camp

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Synonyms:	Holmskioldia spinescens (Klotzsch) Vatke Holmskioldia tettensis (Klotzsch) Vatke
Common names:	Northern chinese-hats (English)
Frequency:
Status:	Native
Description:	Deciduous shrub or small tree. Bark grey or brown, covered in lenticels, roughish; branches often armed with spines. Leaves opposite, variable, even on the same branch, elliptic-oblong, obovate or oblanceolate, up to c. 11 cm, more or less sparsely hairy on both surfaces; margin entire, more or less coarsely dentate or with a few large lobe-like teeth. Flowers axillary, solitary or in few-flowered clusters, sometimes appearing terminal at the apices of branches, Corolla pale to dark mauve, lilac, purple or blue with a distinct 5-lobed lip. Anthers up to 4 cm long, densely covered in gland-tipped hairs near the base. Fruit c. 6 mm long, 4-lobed, somewhat fleshy, covered in golden-brown velvety hairs, enclosed by the persistent calyx.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	tettensis: of Tete in Mozambique
Habitat:	In mopane woodland and other deciduous woodland, mainly in the valleys of the Zambezi and its main tributaries.
Altitude range: (metres)	Up to 500 m
Flowering time:	Oct - Mar
Worldwide distribution:	Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe distribution:	N,E
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Content last updated:	Saturday 3 December 2011
Literature:	Coates Palgrave K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 993. (Includes a picture). Fernandes, R. (2005). Lamiaceae (subfamilies: Viticoideae and Ajugoideae) FZ 8(7) Pages 149 - 151. (Includes a picture).

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Flora of Mozambique: Karomia tettensis
African Plant Database: Karomia tettensis
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Karomia tettensis
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Karomia tettensis
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Karomia tettensis
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Karomia tettensis
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Karomia tettensis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Karomia tettensis
JSTOR Plant Science: Karomia tettensis
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Karomia tettensis
Tropicos: Karomia tettensis
West African Plants database: Karomia tettensis