Tinnea zambesiaca Baker

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Road between Zebra Ranger Camp and Bela Vista old hotel site, northwestern Gorongosa National Park.

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Status:	Native
Description:	Shrubby herb up to 2 m high; stems sparsely hairy or pubescent with whitish or purplish hairs and scattered sessile glands. Leaves mostly lanceolate to ovate, rarely elliptic, 2-6 cm long, rough-hairy above, greyish hairy or almost hairless beneath; petiole 2-10 mm long. Inflorescence more or less distinct, up to 30 cm long, sometimes longer; verticils up to 40 mm apart, usually secund with up to 7 flowers in the axils of the lower bracts; bracts greenish purple, up to c. 2 cm long, much smaller than the leaves. Flowering calyx brown to dark purple, more or less densely covered with white to violet hairs; fruiting calyx brown to purple, up to 2 cm long, swollen, spitting into 2 parts. Corolla 25-25 mm long, deep reddish-brown to dark blackish-purple.
Type location:	Malawi
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Derivation of specific name:	zambesiaca: of the Zambezi region
Habitat:	Miombo and mixed woodland, wooded grassland, along stream sides and on rocky outcrops.
Altitude range:	Up to 1500 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca):	N,E,S
Zambian distribution (Provinces):	Nw,Cb,N,E,Lk,S
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Red data list status:	Lower Risk - least concern
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Content last updated:	Sunday 27 December 2015
Literature:	Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 838. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 35. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 272. 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 57. Paton, A.J. et al. (2013). Lamiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(8) Pages 16 - 17.

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