Hygrophila didynama
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| Synonyms: |
Brillantaisia didynama Lindau Hygrophila gigas Burkill Hygrophila gilletii De Willd. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Erect or somewhat scrambling, many-stemmed perennial herb, growing from a creeping rhizome. Stems up to 1.5 m long, 4-angular, hairless or finely velvety, sometimes with scattered stalked glands. Leaves opposite, lanceolate or narrowly elliptic, up to 16 cm long, almost hairless or roughly hairy. Flowers in a large, open, branched inflorescence up to 75 cm long; axes with few to many stalked glands and ovate leaf-like bracts. Corolla pale mauve to purple with conspicuous orange veining, 3-4 cm long, 2-lipped; tube wide, almost saccate. Capsule 20-35 mm long, hairless. |
| Type location: |
Malawi |
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| Habitat: | Occurring in riverbeds and on riverbanks. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | DRC, Sudan, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe |
| FZ divisions: | N,C |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Sunday 6 March 2011 |
| Literature: |
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 14. Vollesen, K. (2013). Acanthaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 8(5) Pages 107 - 108. |
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