Mellera nyassana S. Moore

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Mavhuradonha Eco Wilderness Camp

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Status:	Native
Description:	Sticky-glandular, often scrambling shrubby herb up to 3 m tall or more with.Leaves ovate or elliptic, 6-17.5 cm long drawn out into a long apical tip, decurrent into the petiole at the base; margin toothed; petiole up to 4.5 cm long. Flowers in an open terminal pyramidal many-flowered inflorescence up to 22 cm long. Calyx 15-31 mm long; lobes linear-oblong, more or less spathulate. Corolla 38-52 mm long, pale mauve to purple with orange to brown pleated area; midlobe in the lower lip triangular with a reflexed tip; lateral lobes ovate; lobes in upper lip ovate. Capsule 18-25 mm long, glandular all over or just at the apex.
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Derivation of specific name:	nyassana: from Malawi (Nyasaland)
Habitat:	On wooded rocky hills and slopes and in Brachystegia woodland.
Altitude range: (metres)	500 - 1300 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe distribution:	N,C
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Red data list status:	Data deficient
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Images last updated:	Saturday 6 October 2012
Literature:	Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 178. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 14. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 19. Vollesen, K. (2013). Acanthaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 8(5) Pages 150 - 152.

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