Globimetula rubripes (Engl. & K. Krause) Danser

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Kasama-Luwingu Road., Kasama Distr., Northern Prov.

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Description:	Twigs terete or elliptic in section, glabrous or scurfy on youngest parts; bark grey, rarely powdery; leaves opposite or subopposite; petiole 5–30 mm long; lamina leathery or slightly fleshy, glaucous, 4–10 × 2–7.5 cm, elliptic-oblong, elliptic or ovate, bluntly pointed, narrowly to broadly cuneate and slightly decurrent at base; umbels 1–3 in axils and at older leafless nodes; peduncle (2)5–35 mm long, sometimes with few aborted buds below the umbel; pedicels 3–9(18), (2)3–5 mm long; bract cup 0.5–1 mm long, with a triangular or bifid limb 0.5–1.5 mm long; corolla red or pink at base, white or grey above, the apical swelling darkening in ripe buds, lobes green or whitish inside, 2.5–4.5 cm long; apical swelling 2.5–3 mm across, obovoid, ± truncate, pentagonal, slightly reduplicate; basal swelling (3)4–6 × (2.5)3.5–4 mm, ellipsoid; inner anther thecae 2–4 mm long; outer ones 0.5–2.5 mm long; stigma 1.2–1.5 mm across, peltate; berry glaucous and turning dull purple, 10–12 × 9–10 mm, obovoid-globose, slightly verruculose.
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Derivation of specific name:	rubripes: red, referring to the flowers
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Flowering time:	Aug - Mar
Worldwide distribution:	Angola, DRC and Tanzania south through Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia.
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Growth form(s):	Shrub over 2 m, shrub under 2 m.
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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 201. Polhill, R.M. & Wiens, D. (2006). Loranthaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(3) Pages 170 - 172. (Includes a picture).

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Globimetula rubripes
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