Leonotis ocymifolia (Burm. f.) Iwarsson
var. raineriana (Vis.) Iwarsson

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Vumba rd near Nyamheni turn-off, Vumba

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Road to Engwa, Himalaya Range

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Synonyms:	Leonitis dysophylla Benth. Leonotis intermedia Lindl. Leonotis mollissima Gürke Leonotis raineriana Vis.
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Description:	Perennial semiwoody shrubby herb, 1-5 m tall, often branching from the base, growing from a swollen rootstock. Leaves opposite, petiolate, lanceolate-ovate often more than 6 cm long, velvety to hairy below; margin crenate-dentate. Flowers in 2-5 subspherical inflorescences per branch, up to 9 cm in diameter, separated by an internode up to 65 mm long. Corolla 32-45 mm long, variable in colour from whitish buff to pale salmon-pink or orange to orange-red, different colour forms sometimes found growing together. The corolla has a single fringe of hairs inside at the base of the tube.
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Flowering time:	Feb - May
Worldwide distribution:	Angola, DRC, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Eswatini, Lesotho and South Africa.
Malawi distribution:	N,C,S
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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 184. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 36. Kirby, G. (2013). Wild Flowers of Southeast Botswana Struik Nature, Cape Town South Africa Page 232. as Leonotis intermedia but probably in error; images more likely showing L. nepetifolia. (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 55. Paton, A.J. et al. (2013). Lamiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(8) Pages 75 - 77. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 78. as Leonotis intermedia Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 112. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 93.

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