Lantana angolensis Moldenke

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Photo: Bart Wursten
By road to Hwange NP, Main Camp.

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Near Kopje Tops, Mavhuradonha Wilderness Area

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Status:	Native
Description:	Perennial herb or small shrub, up to c. 1.5m tall. Stems woody at the base, somewhat 4-angled; branchlets with long, tubercle-based whitish hairs, spreading bristles and scattered sessile glands. Leaves mostly opposite, rarely 3-whorled, petiolate, more or less broadly ovate, 3-9 cm long, light green, somewhat bristly with tubercule-based hairs and impressed venation above, paler and more densely softly hairy with raised venation below; margin with 16-28 teeth. Inflorescences in axillary ovoid spikes, up to 15 cm long, with leaf-like overlapping bracts. Flowers lilac, mauve, pink or purple with a yellowish throat; corolla tube 5-6 mm long. Fruit a drupe, c. 3.5 × 3 mm, lilac to dark purple hen ripe.
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Derivation of specific name:	angolensis: of Angola
Habitat:	In various types of woodland and wooded grassland, on rocky outcrops, in riverine vegetation, on floodplains and sometimes in overgrazed areas.
Altitude range:	850 - 1500 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mpumalanga, South Africa.
Mozambique distribution:	T
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Content last updated:	Wednesday 9 June 2010
Literature:	Fernandes, R. (2005). Verbenaceae FZ 8(7) Pages 29 - 31. 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 82. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 101.

Other sources of information about Lantana angolensis:

African Plant Database: Lantana angolensis
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Lantana angolensis
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Lantana angolensis
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Lantana angolensis
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Lantana angolensis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Lantana angolensis
JSTOR Plant Science: Lantana angolensis
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Lantana angolensis
Tropicos: Lantana angolensis
West African Plants database: Lantana angolensis