Acanthopale confertiflora (Lindau) C.B.Clarke

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Bwindi Forest, Uganda.

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Zovo Chipolo Forest, Nyika National Park

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Synonyms:	Dischistocalyx confertiflora Lindau
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Status:	Native
Description:	Softly wooded shrub up to 3 m high, sometimes with stilt roots. Leaves ovate or elliptic, largest 10-25 cm long, with sparse long appressed hairs above, hairy mainly on the veins and midrib beneath; petiole 1-5 cm long with long spreading hairs on the edges. Flowers in condensed head-like racemes on a winged peduncle 5-15 mm long. Bracts sometimes purplish. Calyx 9-14 mm long, densely pubescent in the apical half, sometimes with stalked glands. Corolla white with pink or purple lines in the throat, pubescent with broad glossy hairs in a dorsal band. Capsule 12-13 mm long.
Type location:	Malawi
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Habitat:	Montane evergreen forest
Altitude range:	1800 - 2200 m
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Worldwide distribution:	DRC, Burundi, Rwanda,Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca):	N
Zambian distribution (Provinces):	Mc
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Content last updated:	Thursday 23 June 2016
Literature:	Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 48. (Includes a picture). Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 21. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 18. Vollesen, K. (2013). Acanthaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 8(5) Pages 144 - 145. White, F., Dowsett-Lemaire, F. & Chapman, J.D. (2001). Evergreen forest flora of Malawi Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Page 112. (Includes a picture).

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