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Barleria ventricosa
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Entrance to Ndundu Lodge, Vumba near Tony's Coffee Shoppe
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Leopard Rock Golf Course, Vumba
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Close to Inyangombe Falls
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Close to Inyangombe Falls
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| Synonyms: |
Barleria scindens Oberm. |
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| Frequency: | Locally frequent |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Somewhat scrambling or erect herbaceous shrub, usually up to c. 1 m tall, rarely up to 5 m. Stems without spines, more or less densely covered in somewhat appressed yellowish hairs. Leaves opposite, ovate or elliptic, 1.5-13 cm long, more or less densely covered in yellowish-buff to brown hairs, at least on the veins. Flowers in 1-7-flowered axillary, verticillate clusters, together rarely forming spike-like terminal inflorescences. Enlarged calyx lobes elliptic, rhombic, ovate or rounded, up to 24 × 17 mm, hairs like on the leaves; margin mostly entire, rarely with bristle-tipped teeth. Corolla pale to bright blue, mauve-blue or white, 15-40 mm long, glandular hairy on the upper tube and lobes. Capsule 7-14.5 mm long, hairless. |
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| Habitat: | In woodland and along forest margins |
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| Worldwide distribution: | DRC, Rwanda, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E,S |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Saturday 7 September 2013 |
| Literature: |
Champluvier, D. (1985). Acanthaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume III Pages 438 - 439. Also as B. stuhlmannii (Includes a picture). Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2015). Acanthaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 8(6) Pages 82 - 84. (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 13. as Barleria scindens |
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Flora of Burundi: Barleria ventricosaFlora of the DRC: Barleria ventricosa
Flora of Malawi: Barleria ventricosa
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Flora of Rwanda: Barleria ventricosa
Flora of Zambia: Barleria ventricosa
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Barleria ventricosaAfrican Plant Database: Barleria ventricosa
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Barleria ventricosa
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Barleria ventricosa
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iNaturalist: Barleria ventricosa
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Barleria ventricosa
JSTOR Plant Science: Barleria ventricosa
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Barleria ventricosa
Plants of the World Online: Barleria ventricosa
Tropicos: Barleria ventricosa
Wikipedia: Barleria ventricosa
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