Hypoestes triflora (Forssk.) Roem. & Schult.

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Southern Loop, Nyika National Park

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Synonyms:	Hypoestes consanguinea Lindau Hypoestes kilimandscharica Lindau Hypoestes phaylopsoides S. Moore Hypoestes rosea sensu Clarke p.p. non P. Beauv. Justicia triflora Forssk.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Creeping or scrambling herb, usually perennial, with stems up to 3 mlong,often rooting at the lower nodes. Leaves ovate, elliptic or lanceolate, 1.5-14 cm long, one leaf in an opposite pair larger than the other, margin, crenate-serrate or almost entire; petiole 0.7-6 cm long. Inflorescences terminal and axillary, clusters 1-4-flowered,sometimes together forming verticils at the end of the stem. Bracts leaf-like, ovate to oblanceolate, up to 20 mm long; bracteoles broadly obovate to oblong-elliptic, 7.5-18.5 mm long, one in a pair larger than the other, variously hairy, sometimes only on the margins. Calyx divided almost to the base, 5-lobed with lobes linear-lanceolate, 2-8 mm long. Corolla 17-32 mm long, 2-lipped, white to mauve with dark purple markings. Capsule 10.5-15-5 mm long, finely velvety towards the apex.
Type location:	Yemen
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Derivation of specific name:	triflora: with 3 flowers, not an exact reference to the number of flowers together in a cluster.
Habitat:	In clearings and along margins of montane forest, in dense scrub along streams or roadsides and in riverine forest.
Altitude range:	1100 - 2200 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Widespread in tropical africa, Eswatini and South Africa but oddly absent from the mountains of Mozambique and Zimbabwe. Also in southern Arabia, India to China and Thailand.
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca):	N,W,C,E
Zambian distribution (Provinces):	Nw,N,Mc,C
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Content last updated:	Wednesday 26 September 2018
Literature:	Champluvier, D. (1985). Acanthaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume III Pages 459 - 460. (Includes a picture). Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2015). Acanthaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 8(6) Pages 296 - 298. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 19. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 34.

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