Fadogia tetraquetra K. Krause
var. tetraquetra

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By the road from Nyanga to Troutbeck

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Synonyms:	Fadogia mucronulata Robyns
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Frequency:	Frequent
Status:	Native
Description:	Suffrutex growing from a stout woody rhizome. Stems up to 7, unbranched, 3-4-angled, 20-100 cm tall, mostly hairless in this variety. Leaves 3-6 whorled, more or less broadly oblong-elliptic, 4-11 cm long, discolorous, paricularly when dried, hairless in this variety; petiole 1-2.5 mm long. Inflorescences in 3-9-flowered in the leaf axils. Corolla greenish-yellow to honey-coloured. Fruit 6-7 mm long subglobose.
Notes:	See var. grandiflora for comparison
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Habitat:	Open grassland, hillsides and Brachystegia woodland, on sandy soils.
Altitude range: (metres)	1200 - 1860 m
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Worldwide distribution:	DRC, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Eswatini andLimpopo, Mpumalanga, South Africa.
Zimbabwe distribution:	C,E
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Images last updated:	Wednesday 4 September 2013
Literature:	Bridson, D.M. (1998). Rubiaceae, Part 2 Flora Zambesiaca 5(2) Pages 270 - 271. Fabian, A. & Germishuizen, G. (1997). Wild Flowers of Northern South Africa. Fernwood Press, Vlaeburg. Pages 402 - 403. (Includes a picture). 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 72. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 88.

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