Neuracanthus africanus T. Anderson ex S. Moore

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Lower slopes Mt Bunga, northwestern Gorongosa National Park

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Hwali River bridge

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Synonyms:	Barleria sacani Klotzsch ex Lindau Neuracanthus africanus T. Anderson ex S. Moore var. limpopoensis Bidgood & Brummitt
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Status:	Native
Description:	Shrubby perennial herb with erect or decumbent stems up to 1.5 m long. Leaves opposite, sessile or shortly petiolate, subpandurate, constricted in the lower third of the leaf, hairless or with scattered hairs above, pubescent along the veins below; margin entire, sometimes slightly wavy. Flowers in short spike-like axillary inflorescences, 2-6 cm long, with overlapping bracts, 5-11 mm long, with evenly spaced darker veins and long straight hairs on the margin. Corolla, 9-12 mm long, funnel-shaped, white with purple-blue lines in the throat. Capsule 7-10 mm long.
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Derivation of specific name:	africanus: African
Habitat:	In mopane woodland or scrub on sandy or loamy soil.
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Worldwide distribution:	Widely separated populations in Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Limpopo, South Africa.
National distribution:	N/E,C,S
Zambian distribution (Provinces):	Lk,S
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Literature:	Bidgood, S. & Brummitt, R.K. (1998). A revision of the genus Neuracanthus (Acanthaceae) Kew Bulletin 53(1) Pages 31 - 39. (Includes a picture). Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2015). Acanthaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 8(6) Pages 10 - 11. (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 14. As subsp. africanus and subsp. limpopoensis Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 19. van der Walt, R. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Limpopo Valley Retha van der Walt, Musina, South Africa Page 5. (Includes a picture).

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