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Subshrubs with many branches from a thick woody rootstock, often tufted. Leaves opposite but sometimes appearing verticillate, linear to ovate; stipules with 3–5 short lobes from a short base. Flowers heterostylous, solitary or paired, axillary or at apices of branchlets; calyx tube ovoid; lobes unequal, one foliaceous and rest minute or of varying sizes. Corolla tube filiform, enlarged at apex; throat hairy inside; lobes 5, ovate. Stamens 5, included or exserted. Ovary 2-locular with many ovules. Style included or exserted; stigma lobes filiform. Capsule ovoid, splitting into 2 cocci with numerous seeds. Testa finely striate. From FZ, Vol 5, Part 1, (1989) Author: B. Verdcourt |
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Zambia, Mumbwa |
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| Habitat: | Crevices in granite and quartzite rocks on kopjes. |
| Altitude range: | 1250 m (approx) |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Not known elsewhere |
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| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Cb,N,C |
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| Red data list status: | Endangered |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Tuesday 22 August 2017 |
| Literature: |
Verdcourt, B. (1988). Rubiaceae, Part 1 Flora Zambesiaca 5(1) Pages 81 - 82. (Includes a picture). |
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