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Kohautia confusa
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Path to Chisanga Falls, Nyika National Park
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| Synonyms: |
Kohautia stricta sensu DC. non Smith Kohautia ubangensis Bremek. Oldenlandia confusa Hutch. & Dalz. Oldenlandia effusa sensu Hiern in F.T.A. 3: 59 (1877) non Oliver |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Slender, laxly branched annual herb, 20-70 cm tall. Leaves linear to filiform, 10-45 mm long, only slightly narrowed at the base, mostly hairless but sparsely papillose on the lower midrib. Inflorescence lax, extensive. Flowers distinctly pedicellate, 2 at each node, red to pale violet or whitish, paler beneath; tube and back of the corolla lobes sometimes papillose. Capsules subglobose, 2.7-3.8 mm long, more or less hairless. |
| Type location: |
Senegal |
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| Habitat: | In woodland and grassland, often in disturbed areas or as a weed of cultivation and on roadsides. |
| Altitude range: | 200 - 1860 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Nigeria, Cameroon, CAR, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia. |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | C,S |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Lk,S |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Verdcourt, B. (1988). Rubiaceae, Part 1 Flora Zambesiaca 5(1) Pages 95 - 96. |
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