Polygala virgata Thunb.
var. decora (Sond.) Harv.

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Leopard Rock Game Reserve, Vumba

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Close to Inyangombe Falls

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Synonyms:
Common names:	Furambuku (Shona) Pride of Manicaland (English) September bush (English)
Description:	Perennial, sparsely branched shrub, up to 3 m. Leaves linear to narrowly elliptic, 2-9 cm long. Flowers up to 3 cm in diameter, showy, in many-flowered terminal racemes, pale to deep lilac, pink or purple. Capsule obovate, c. 10 × 8 mm, hairless with a slightly winged margin.
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Derivation of specific name:	virgata: twiggy
Flowering time:	Jul - Aug (-Dec)
Worldwide distribution:	DRC, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa.
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Image last updated:	Sunday 8 September 2013
Literature:	Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 66 - 67. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 227. Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 395. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 45. 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 29. As Polygala virgata Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 250. Exell, A.W. (1960). Polygalaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) Pages 318 - 330. (Includes a picture). 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 68. Plowes, D.C.H. & Drummond, R.B. (1990). Wild Flowers of Zimbabwe. Revised edition. Longman, Zimbabwe. No. 68, plates 94 & 95 Steedman, E.C. (1933). Some Trees, Shrubs and Lianes of Southern Rhodesia. Page 34. as Polygala virgata (Includes a picture). Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 154. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 97.

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