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| Frequency: | Very local. |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
More or less erect parasitic shrub, up to 50 cm high. Leaves (sub)opposite, oblong to elliptic, 3.3-9.2 cm long, thinly textured, hairless; petiole 4-12 mm long. Inflorescences terminal and axillary, 35-50-flowered racemes 3.5-6.5 cm long. Pedicels 2-4.5 mm long, spreading to sometimes erect; bract ovate-triangular,c. 1 mm wide; calyx lobed to the base with a ciliate apex to the lobes. Corolla yellowish-green in bud, slightly 4-angled at the base. Mature flowers and fruit unknown. |
| Notes: | Described recently from Mount Mabu (2011) and only known from three collections and one location. |
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| Habitat: | Montane forest edge. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Only known from Mt Mabu, Mozambique. |
| Mozambique distribution: | Z |
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| Endemic status: | Endemic |
| Red data list status: | Vulnerable |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Darbyshire, I., Timberlake, J., Osborne, J., Rokni, S., Matimele, H., Langa. C., Datizua, C., de Sousa, C., Alves, T., Massingue, A., Hadj-Hammou, J., Dhanda, S., Shah, T., Wursten, B. (2019). The endemic plants of Mozambique: diversity and conservation status Phytotaxa 136 Page 89. Harris, T., Darbyshire, I. & Polhill, R. (2011). New species and range extensions from Mt Namuli, Mt Mabu and Mt Chiperone in northern Mozambique Kew Bulletin 66(2) Pages 246 - 247. Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Dowsett-Lemaire, F., Congdon, C., Branch, B., Collins, S., Curran, M., Dowsett, R,J., Fishpool, L., Francisco, J., Harris, Kopp, M. & de Sousa, C. (2012). Mt Mabu, Mozambique: Biodiversity and Conservation Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London Page 74. |
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