Cuscuta kilimanjari Oliv.
var. kilimanjari

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Lusero Forest, Nyika National Park

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Synonyms:	Cuscuta ndorensis Schweinf.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Parasitic leafless twiner with stems up to 1·5 mm in diameter. Inflorescences in few-flowered clusters. Flowers 4–6 mm long and wide, pale cream, somewhat leathery when dried; pedicels shorter than the flowers. Calyx cup-shaped nearly enclosing the corolla; lobes ovate-circular, obtuse, overlapping at the base. Corolla bell-shaped to cylindric; lobes ovate or circular, obtuse, shorter than the tube. Stamens shorter than the corolla lobes with short and thick filaments; styles shorter than the ovary and rather thick, often reflexed; stigmas mostly flattened and convolute. Capsule depressed-globose, at length splitting around the base.
Notes:	Parasitic on various hosts, often on Acanthaceae.
Derivation of specific name:	kilimajari: of Mt Kilimajaro.
Habitat:	On floors and edges of moist evergreen forest.
Altitude range:	Above 1000 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Throughout eastern Africa, from Ethiopia to South Africa.
Malawi distribution:	N,C,S
Growth form(s):	Climber.
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Content last updated:	Monday 3 September 2018
Literature:	Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 138. (Includes a picture). Gonçalves, M.L. (1987). Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1) Page 133. 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 36. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 43. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 74.

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