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Clarke, H. & Charters, M. (ed. Moll, E.) (2016) The Illustrated Dictionary of Southern African Plant Names Jacana Media, South Africa
Shrubby herbs or shrubs. Cystoliths conspicuous, linear. Leaves opposite. Flowers single or in 3-7-flowered cymules aggregated into long raceme-like cymes. Calyx deeply 5-lobed into 5 equal linear-lanceolate or filiform lobes. Corolla usually red, but may be salmon-pink, scarlet or orange-red, hairy, sometimes glandular, on the outside; tube long and linear, divided above into 5 subequal lobes which are spreading or reflexed. Stamens 2, with 1-thecous anthers, included or shortly exserted. Ovary with 2 ovules per loculus. Capsule (2-)4-seeded, club-shaped with solid stalk-like basal part. Seeds borne on prominent hook-shaped retinaculas, without hygroscopic hairs. Derivation of name: For Prince Eugenio Ruspoli (1866-1893) Italian explorer, naturalist and botanical and zoological collector. Worldwide: 5 species in Tropical Africa, South Africa and Madagascar Zimbabwe: 2 cultivated taxa. |
No image of a cultivated species but there is an image of a native or naturalised species |
| Species | Content |
| australis (Milne-Redh.) Vollesen | Description |
| sp. no. 1 (Biegel 5407) |
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