Afrohybanthus latifolius (De Wild.) Flicker

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Road to Chiniziua River, Muanza.

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Near Nhagutua Ranger Post, Gorongosa National Park, Cheringoma

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Along track from rangerpost to old Urema River crossing, Gorongosa National Park, Muanza

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Stream at boundary with Coutada 10, Coutada 12

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Synonyms:	Hybanthus enneaspermus (L.) F. Muell. var. latifolius (De Wild.) Engl. Ionidium enneaspermum (L). Vent. var. latifolium De Wild.
Common names:	Lady's Slipper (English)
Frequency:	Locally frequent
Status:	Native
Description:	Erect perennial, sometimes annual herb, usually up to 60 cm tall. Leaves alternate, 2-6.5 cm long, in this variety more or less broadly elliptic, hairless or sparsely pubescent; margin shallowly serrate. Flowers solitary in the leaf axils on a pedicel up to 1.8 mm long, rose-pink to violet or bluish, normally with darker streaks and white in the centre; lower petal up to 2 × 2 cm, almost square with a short blunt spur. Fruit a 3-sided capsule, 5-8 mm long, pale yellow, hairless.
Notes:	This species rarely grows into a spindly shub up to 3 m tall
Derivation of specific name:	latifolius: with broad leaves.
Habitat:	Along forest margins, in woodland and grassland.
Altitude range:	Up to 500 m
Flowering time:	All year
Worldwide distribution:	West and Central Africa, southern Tanzania and Mozambique.
Mozambique distribution:	MS
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Insects associated with this species:	Pardopsis punctatissima (Larval foodplant)
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Content last updated:	Friday 29 April 2016
Literature:	Flicker, B.J. & Ballard Jr, H.E. (2015). Afrohybanthus (Violaceae), a new genus for a distinctive and widely distributed Old World hybanthoid lineage Phytotaxa 230(1) Page 48. Robson, N.K.B. (1960). Violaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) Pages 254 - 258. (Includes a picture).

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