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Synonyms: |
Pentas wyliei N.E. Br. Pentas zanzibarica (Klotzsch) Vatke var. membranacea Verdc. Pentas zanzibarica (Klotzsch) Vatke var. pembensis Verdc. |
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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Annual or short-lived perennial herb up to 90 cm tall. Stems hairy when young. Leaves opposite, ovate, oblong-ovate or elliptic, 5.5-14.5 cm long, thinly textured, mostly sparsely pubescent above and on the veins beneath; margin entire; petiole up to 5 cm long; stipules with 4-7 setae up to 6 mm long, hairy. Inflorescences in more or less lax terminal heads up to 3 cm in diameter. Flowers white or lavender-blue; corolla tube 5-10 mm long, hairy outside; lobes 1.8-3 mm long, hairy on the main vein outside. Stamens included. Style hairless, slightly exserted but often immersed in the dense hairs in the corolla throat. Capsules obtriangular or oblong-ovoid, 2.5-5 mm long and wide, ribbed, hairless or pubescent. |
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Derivation of specific name: | micrantha: small-flowered |
Habitat: | In seasonally marshy areas in forest by rivers |
Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 800 m |
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Worldwide distribution: | Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Tuesday 10 May 2016 |
Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 43. Pentas zanzibarica probably refers to this 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 73. Verdcourt, B. (1988). Rubiaceae, Part 1 Flora Zambesiaca 5(1) Pages 73 - 74. |
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