Bonamia mossambicensis (Klotzsch) Hallier f.

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Roadside EN1 100 km before Caia

Synonyms:	Breweria buddleoides Baker Prevostea mossambicensis Klotzsch
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Status:	Native
Description:	Shrubby climber. Stems up to 5 m, woody on the older parts, covered in long, whitish spreading hairs. Leaves elliptic to oblong-ovate, up to 11 × 4.5 cm, velvety above, more densely hairy below; apex with a mucronate tip. Flowers in dense axillary heads with densely white hairy bracts and peduncles. Corolla funnel-shaped, up to 3 cm long, bright blue with white hairs on the outside. Capsule globose-oblong, densely hairy.
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Derivation of specific name:	mossambicensis: of Mozambique
Habitat:	Occurring in savanna thickets, coastal scrub, forest margins and along roadsides.
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Worldwide distribution:	Tanzania and Mozambique
Mozambique distribution:	N,Z,MS,GI
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Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Content last updated:	Thursday 20 January 2011
Literature:	Gonçalves, M.L. (1987). Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1) Page 19.

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