Dyschoriste nagchana (Nees) Bennet

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Along the path inside the Victoria Falls rainforest

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Hotel La Rochelle

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Synonyms:	Diclipteranthus nagchana Nees Dyschoriste perrottetii (Nees) Kuntze Dyschoriste radicans sensu auct.
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Frequency:	Frequent
Status:	Native
Description:	Perennial herb with a weakly developed rootstock. Stems prostrate or ascending to erect in the apical part, up to 65 cm long, angled, mostly hairless or sparsely hairy on the edges. Leaves opposite, ovate to elliptic, up to c. 8 × 2.5 cm, mostly hairless or finely velvety on the midrib above; margin entire or minutely ciliate. Flowers in 1-12-flowered axillary clusters. Corolla small, white to pale mauve or purple, usually with darker spots in the throat. Capsule 7-10 mm long.
Notes:	Note-1: Zimbabwe material used to be erroneously known as Dyschoriste radicans (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Nees. That species usually has slightly larger flowers and obovate leaves. It occurs from DRC through East Africa to Yemen. Note-2: In Southern Africa, prostrate specimens (see image 1) are most common. More erect or scrambling plants (images 2 to 4) become more common further towards West Tropical Africa
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Habitat:	In wet grassland, marshy areas, riverbanks, often as weed along roadsides, in lawns and in cultivared fields.
Altitude range: (metres)	800 - 1800 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Widespread in tropical Africa and India.
Zimbabwe distribution:	W,C,E
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Images last updated:	Monday 27 December 2010
Literature:	Champluvier, D. (1985). Acanthaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume III Page 454. as D. perrottetii (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 23. As Dyschoriste radicans 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. as Dyschoriste radicans Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 18. as Dyschoriste radicans Vollesen, K. (2013). Acanthaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 8(5) Pages 124 - 125.

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