Mellera nyassana
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Sticky-glandular, often scrambling shrubby herb up to 3 m tall or more with.Leaves ovate or elliptic, 6-17.5 cm long drawn out into a long apical tip, decurrent into the petiole at the base; margin toothed; petiole up to 4.5 cm long. Flowers in an open terminal pyramidal many-flowered inflorescence up to 22 cm long. Calyx 15-31 mm long; lobes linear-oblong, more or less spathulate. Corolla 38-52 mm long, pale mauve to purple with orange to brown pleated area; midlobe in the lower lip triangular with a reflexed tip; lateral lobes ovate; lobes in upper lip ovate. Capsule 18-25 mm long, glandular all over or just at the apex. |
| Type location: |
Malawi |
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| Derivation of specific name: | nyassana: from Malawi (Nyasaland) |
| Habitat: | On wooded rocky hills and slopes and in Brachystegia woodland. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 500 - 1300 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
| FZ divisions: | N |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 178. 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 14. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 19. Vollesen, K. (2013). Acanthaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 8(5) Pages 150 - 152. |
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