Sansevieria hallii Chahinian

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Save River Gorge at Chilo Lodge Safari Lodge.

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Near Old Runde Bridge, Mwenedzi

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Status:	Native
Description:	Perennial succulent growing from a creeping rhizome. Leaves 1-3 per shoot, erect, recurved, 60-90 cm long, u-shaped in cross-section, dark grey-green with inconspicuous or no transverse bands; margin often reddish-brown. Flowering stem short and peduncle up to 7 cm, mostly underground. Flowers in a dense capitate inflorescence appearing straight out of the ground; tube 4.5-9.5 cm long, purplish; perianth lobes cream or white, 2-2.5 cm long, recurved. Style 7-11.4 cm long exserted for about 1.5 cm. Fruit c. 1 cm in diameter, globose, wrinkled.
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Derivation of specific name:	hallii: named after Harry Hall (1906-1986), an English gardener and collector of succulent plants, who worked at Kew Gardens, was Curator of the Manchester Cactus Collection and a horticulturist at Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden.
Habitat:	In shade of shrubs and trees on rocky outcrops.
Altitude range:	175 - 600 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Mozambique, Zimbabwe and northern Limpopo, South Africa
Mozambique distribution:	T
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Content last updated:	Sunday 1 February 2015
Literature:	Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 49. La Croix, I. (2010). Dracaenaceae Flora Zambesiaca 13(2) Page 26. 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 90.

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