7345.010 Endostemon N.E.Br.

Description of the genus

Perennial herbs or soft shrublets. Leaves opposite. Inflorescences lax terminal or axillary racemes. Flowers in 2-6-flowered whorls; bracts persistent. Calyx 5-toothed, 2-lipped, accrescent; upper tooth largest, ovate, erect; 4 lower teeth equal, horizontal, lanceolate-triangular or subulate. Corolla ± equally 4-lobed; lobes flat. Stamens 4, included in corolla tube. Nutlets subcircular or oblong.

Worldwide: 17 species in tropical and South Africa and India

Zimbabwe: 3 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
obtusifolius (E. Mey. ex Benth.) N.E.Br.	N,C,E	Description, Image
tenuiflorus (Benth.) M.R. Ashby	N,E,S	Description, Image
tereticaulis (Poir.) M.R. Ashby	N,W,C,E,S	Description, Image

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Flora of Botswana: Endostemon
Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Endostemon
Flora of Malawi: Endostemon
Flora of Mozambique: Endostemon
Flora of Zambia: Endostemon

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