Bonamia mossambicensis (Klotzsch) Hallier f.
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Roadside EN1 100 km before Caia
Photo: Bart Wursten
Roadside EN1 100 km before Caia
Photo: Bart Wursten
Roadside EN1 100 km before Caia
Photo: Bart Wursten
Roadside EN1 100 km before Caia
Photo: Bart Wursten
Roadside EN1 100 km before Caia
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Synonyms:
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Breweria buddleoides Baker Prevostea mossambicensis Klotzsch
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Common names:
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Frequency:
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Status:
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Native |
Description:
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Shrubby climber. Stems up to 5 m, woody on the older parts, covered in long, whitish spreading hairs. Leaves elliptic to oblong-ovate, up to 11 × 4.5 cm, velvety above, more densely hairy below; apex with a mucronate tip. Flowers in dense axillary heads with densely white hairy bracts and peduncles. Corolla funnel-shaped, up to 3 cm long, bright blue with white hairs on the outside. Capsule globose-oblong, densely hairy. |
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Derivation of specific name:
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mossambicensis: of Mozambique |
Habitat:
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Occurring in savanna thickets, coastal scrub, forest margins and along roadsides. |
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Worldwide distribution:
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Tanzania and Mozambique |
Mozambique distribution:
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N,Z,MS,GI |
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Endemic status:
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Spot characters:
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Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: |
Thursday 20 January 2011 |
Literature:
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Gonçalves, M.L. (1987). Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1) Page 19.
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-22
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2022).
Flora of Mozambique: Species information: Bonamia mossambicensis. https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=172600, retrieved 17 August 2022
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