| Synonyms: |
Fadogia obovata N.E. Br. Temnocalyx obovatus (N.E. Br.) Robyns |
| Common names: | Makoni tea bush (English) |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Suffrutex, 0.5-1.8 m, from a woody rootstock. Stems yellowish, often woody, with branches in whorls of 3. Leaves usually in whorls of 3. Corolla: tube 17-28 mm, usually curved, greenish-yellow; lobes triangular. Fruit c.12 mm in diameter, spherical. |
| Type location: |
Sudan |
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| Habitat: | In woodland and wooded grassland, often on termite mounds. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Zambia, DR Congo, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe; northward to Nigeria and S. Sudan |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Bridson, D.M. (1998). Rubiaceae, Part 2 Flora Zambesiaca 5(2) Page 280. Coates Palgrave, M. (1989). Guide to the trees and shrubs of the Mukuvisi Woodlands ?publisher. Page 27. 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 72. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 162. |