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Impatiens psychadelphoides
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Forest above SDH Tea Estate
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Forest above SDH Tea Estate
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Muqueche River, Serra de Gurue
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Muqueche River, Serra de Gurue
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Slopes below Mt Namuli, Serra de Gurue
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| Synonyms: |
Impatiens cecilii N.E. Br. subsp. grandiflora Launert |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Robust perennial herb, up to 1.2m tall. Stems often densely pilose stems, particularly near the apex. Leaves spirally arranged, ovate to elliptic-lanceolate, up to 10 × 5 cm, densely pubescent on the midrib and veins below; margin finely toothed. Flowers solitary or in 2-3-flowered clusters, pink, up to 35 × 35 mm. Dorsal petal broadly ovate, c. 15 × 20 mm, emarginate at the apex; upper lateral petals ovate, up to 10 × 6 mm, much smaller than lower petals, more or less apiculate; lower petals up to 2 × 2.5 cm, obliquely broadly ovate oblong, emarginate near the tip of the inner margin. Spur on the lower sepal 25 to 35 mm long, filiform, pubescent, incurved. |
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| Habitat: | Along forest margins, in bracken scrub and along stream banks, usually in moist shaded places. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 800 - 2250 m |
| Flowering time: | Feb - Mar and Jul - Nov |
| Worldwide distribution: | Mozambique and Eastern Zimbabwe. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
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| Endemic status: | Near Endemic |
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| Literature: |
Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 36. Darbyshire, I., Timberlake, J., Osborne, J., Rokni, S., Matimele, H., Langa. C., Datizua, C., de Sousa, C., Alves, T., Massingue, A., Hadj-Hammou, J., Dhanda, S., Shah, T., Wursten, B. (2019). The endemic plants of Mozambique: diversity and conservation status Phytotaxa 136 Page 81. Grey-Wilson, C. (1980). Impatiens of Africa A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam Page 135. (Includes a picture). Launert, E. (1963). Balsaminaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 176 - 177. Launert, E. & Gonçalves, M.L. (1969). 36. Balsaminaceae Flora de Moçambique Junta de Investigaçoes de Ultramar, Centro de Botanica Pages 15 - 16. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 29. |
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