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Coleus sanguineus
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Domboshawa
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Domboshawa
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Christon Bank
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Near dam, Lake Kyle Recreational Park
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c. 11 kms north of Masvingo Birchenough Road on road to Gutu
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| Synonyms: |
Plectranthus sanguineus Britten |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Soft-wooded shrubby perennial, up to 1.5 m and sometimes taller. Stems slightly succulent, rounded-4-angled, erect, brown to purplish, sometimes yellowish near the inflorescence, more or less densely pubescent and with reddish glands, often almost leafless at flowering time. Leaves fleshy, obovate to spathulate, 15-30mm long, yellowish, browinish or whitish, hairy and with some pale glands beneath; margin crenate; petiole 2-5 mm long. Inflorescence simple or branched, fairly dense. Calyx 2 mm long, densely pubescent, sometimes yellowish with pale reddish sessile glands. Corolla 2-lipped, almost white, pale blue or purple, 6-10 mm long, pubescent and with red glands on the lobes. |
| Notes: | Leaves and inflorescence stain the fingers reddish-brown when crushed. |
| Derivation of specific name: | sanguineus: blood-red, referring to the red-staining dye exuding from plants when crushed |
| Habitat: | On exposed granite hills |
| Altitude range: | 300 - 2000 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. |
| Mozambique distribution: | N,Z,MS |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 44. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 272. 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 56. Paton, A.J. et al. (2013). Lamiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(8) Pages 250 - 252. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 113. 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 73. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Coleus sanguineusAfrican Plant Database: Coleus sanguineus
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