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Common names: | Forest bell bush (English) |
Description: | Height 1-4 m. Leaves elliptic, shiny dark green above, with reddish-purple domatia in the axils; apex attenuate with a drip-tip. Inflorescences of one-sided lax terminal racemes up to 15 cm long. Corolla: tube 4 cm, narrow; lobes pale lavender, with central and lateral purple markings. |
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Derivation of specific name: | bella: pretty |
Flowering time: | Sep-Nov |
Worldwide distribution: | South Africa (Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape) and Eswatini. |
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Insects associated with this species: | Junonia oenone oenone (Food plant) |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Image last updated: | Sunday 25 February 2007 |
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