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Cotyledon barbeyi
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Matendere Ruins area, Buhera District
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| Synonyms: |
Cotyledon wickensii Schönland var. rhodesica Schönland ex Jacobs |
| Common names: | Pig's ear (English) |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Succulent shrub up to 2(-4) m tall. Stems branching from the base and leafless almost up to the base of the peduncle. Leaves decussate, lamina 2.5-10 × 3-6.5 cm, obovate to oblong-obovate or subcircular, fleshy, glabrous, glaucous tinged with red. Inflorescence a cyme, up to 20 cm in diameter. Flowers pendulous. Calyx glandular-pubescent; lobes 6-10 mm long. Corolla 2.5-3.7 cm, deep red, orange-red or coral-red, glandular-pubescent; tube strongly swollen and 5-angled below and contracted above the sepals.Nectar-scales oblong, tubular above, widened and irregularly lobed at the margin. |
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| Habitat: | In rocky places |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Somalia, East Africa, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and South Africa. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E,S |
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| Images last updated: | Saturday 5 April 2014 |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 10. Fernandes, R. (1983). Crassulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Pages 71 - 72. 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 37. |
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