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Synonyms: |
Clerodendrum amplifolium sensu Moldenke non S. Moore Clerodendrum incisum Klotzsch var. macrosiphon (Hook. f.) Baker Clerodendrum incisum Klotzsch var. vinosum Chiov. Clerodendrum incisum Klotzsch var. longipedunculatum B. Thomas Clerodendrum macrosiphon Hook f. Rotheca incisa (Klotzsch) Steane & Mabb. |
Common names: | Do-re-mi flower (English) |
Description: | Suffrutex or sometimes a shrub up to 1.6 m, rarely taller, mostly with simple or sparsely branched rect stems. Leaves opposite or 3-whorled, 2-20 cm long, elliptic to lanceolate, long attenuate towards the base, tapering into a subpetiole, usually slightly discolorous, shortly pubescent about,more densely so beneath; margin usually with 1-7 large, almost lobe-like, triangular teeth at each side. Inflorescences terminal, condensed, 5-18-flowered; bracts 2-3 mm long, narrowly triangular. Corolla white with an erect tube, 5-11.3 cm long; lobes oblong 8-15 mm long. Style purple and white; anthers purple. Fruit depressed globose, c. 9 mm in diameter, 3-4-lobed, hairless. |
Notes: | The unusually large fruit in the image above have been galled. |
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Worldwide distribution: | Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, just entering eastern Zimbabwe. |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Image last updated: | Saturday 26 July 2014 |
Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 848. As Rotheca microphylla (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 14. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 272. Fernandes, R. (2005). Lamiaceae (subfamilies: Viticoideae and Ajugoideae) Flora Zambesiaca 8(7) Pages 122 - 123. Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 169. Under Verbenaceae 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 56. As Rotheca incisa Verdcourt, B. (1992). Verbenaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 122 - 124. Under Verbenaceae (Includes a picture). |
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