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Synonyms: |
Wigandia kunthii Choisy |
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Description: | Robust shrub, to 4 m. Leaves large, up to 50 × 30 cm, ovate; apex obtuse; coarsely toothed. Flowers violet. |
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Derivation of specific name: | caracasana: described from Caracas in South America |
Flowering time: | Aug - Sep |
Worldwide distribution: | Southern Mexico southwards to Venezuela and Colombia |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Image last updated: | Friday 12 January 2007 |
Literature: |
Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 271. As Wigandia kunthii |
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