Cuphea micropetala Kunth

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Cuphea micropetala

Photo: Mark Hyde
Cork Road, Harare

Cuphea micropetala

Photo: Mark Hyde
Cork Road, Harare

Cuphea micropetala

Photo: Mark Hyde
Cork Road, Harare

Cuphea micropetala

Photo: Mark Hyde
Cork Road, Harare

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Synonyms: Parsonsia micropetala (Kunth.) Standl.
Common names: Candy corn plant (English) Tall cigar plant (English)
Description: Erect shrub 30 - 60 cm tall. Leaves: petiole short; lamina 5-12.5 cm long, lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, acute. Flowers extra-axillary in a long terminal leafy raceme; calyx-tube broad and hairy, yellowish with scarlet at the base, constricted towards the apex and oblique. Petals 6, minute, shorter than the 12 broad calyx-teeth. Stamens exserted.
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Derivation of specific name: micropetala: with small petals (the apparent corolla is the calyx)
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Worldwide distribution: Mexico; naturalised in other parts of the world
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Flora of Zimbabwe: Cuphea micropetala

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Cuphea micropetala
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cuphea micropetala
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated Plants: Species information: Cuphea micropetala.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/species.php?species_id=180610, retrieved 28 March 2024

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