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Glabrous annual. Leaves simple, ovate, toothed to ± lobed. Flowers solitary, axillary. Calyx deeply 5-lobed, each lobe with two sagittate wings at base, enlarging and enclosing the fruit. Corolla campanulate, shallowly lobed. Ovary 3-5-locular. Fruit a dry berry. Derivation of name: Named after Nicander, poet of Colophon. Worldwide: Native of Peru, now naturalised in warmer countries throughout the world Malawi: 1 taxon. |
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