Dissotis melleri Hook. f.
var. melleri

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Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road between Kaperekeza turn-off and Thazima Gate, Nyika National Park

Photo: Bart Wursten
Kaperekeza road, Nyika National Park

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Synonyms:	Dissotis whytei Baker f.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Shrub or small tree, usually without leaves when in flower. Branches greyish, thickened at the nodes. Leaves opposite, ovate-lanceolate, 4.5-16 cm long, discolorous, green above, yellow-green beneath, veining impressed above and with prominent reticulation beneath; margin entire; petiole up to 2.5 cm long, strigose. Flowers in compact terminal heads, 5-merous. Receptacle cylindric-campanulate, green to purple, set with ascending bristles; petals obovate, up to 2.5 cm long, purple.
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Habitat:	In exposed situations on cliffs, mountain slopes and rock crevices.
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Worldwide distribution:	Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia.
Malawi distribution:	N,C,S
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Content last updated:	Wednesday 19 October 2022
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 204. (Includes a picture). Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 28. Fernandes, R. & A. (1961). Contribution to the knowledge of the MELASTOMATOIDEAE of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Kirkia 1 Page 73. Fernandes, R. & A. (1978). Melastomataceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 254 - 255.

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