Pseudocalyx saccatus Radlk.

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Habit
Degraded Itigi thicket cleared for agriculture
Kaputa GMA, Nsama District
May 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman

Inflorescence
Degraded Itigi thicket cleared for agriculture
Kaputa GMA, Nsama District
May 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman

Flowers
Degraded Itigi thicket cleared for agriculture
Kaputa GMA, Nsama District
May 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman

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Synonyms:	Pseudocalyx africanus S. Moore
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Status:	Native
Description:	Woody perennial twining liane. Stems up to 15 m long; young branches densely rusty stellate hairy. Leaves opposite, elliptic to obovate 5-13 cm long, more or less stellate hairy on both surfaces, particularly along the midrib; margin entire to shallowly crenate-dentate. Flowers in 1-3-flowered clusters in the upper leaf axils, often merging together into apparent pseudo-racemes. Corolla pink to reddish-purple, paler on the inside, covered in dense woolly stellate hairs that rub off easily; bracteoles broadly ovate,1.3-1.8 cm long, densely orange stellate-hairy. Capsule broadly triangular in outline, pointed but not beaked, up to 3 × 2 cm, woolly stellate hairy when young.
Type location:	Madagascar
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Habitat:	In clearings of evergreen forest.
Altitude range:	900 - 1500 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Angola, DRC, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Madagascar
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca):	N
Zambian distribution (Provinces):	N
Growth form(s):	Climber, liane.
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Content last updated:	Saturday 29 July 2023
Literature:	Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 885. (Includes a picture). Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 19. As Pseudocalyx africanus Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 273. Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 178. 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 17 - 18. (Includes a picture).

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