Crossandra puberula Klotzsch

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Synonyms:	Crossandra jashi Lindau Crossandra pubescens Klotzsch
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Status:	Native
Description:	Perennial herb, up to c. 40 cm high, growing from a creeping woody rhizome. Leaves in pseudo-whorls of 4, sessile or shortly petiolate, elliptic to ovate in the upper half, usually abruptly narrowed below the middle, becoming lyrate, 11-21 cm long, sparsely and finely velvety, more so on the veins; margin entire or slightly crenate. Flowers in spikes, 4-25 cm long on a peduncle up to 17 cm long. Bracts 15-21 mm long, narrowly ovate, green with abroad white marginal band, entire when young, becoming irregularly frayed with age. Sepals ovate, 6-9 mm long, bristle-tipped; lateral sepals shorter than dorsal and ventral one. Corolla, pale peach-coloured to salmon pink; tube 2-3 cm long, slightly bent; limb 1.3-18 cm long. Capsule 9-11 cm long.
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Derivation of specific name:	puberula: with minute soft short hairs
Habitat:	In woodland and wooded grassland, often on termite mounds and usually in shade.
Altitude range:	Up to 1200 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Malawi distribution:	S
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Content last updated:	Friday 12 June 2015
Literature:	Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 17. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 18. 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. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 33. Vollesen, K. (2013). Acanthaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 8(5) Pages 95 - 97. (Includes a picture).

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