Megalochlamys marlothii
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Habit
29 Apr 2008
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Bracts
29 Apr 2008
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Leaves
21 Dec 2008
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Flower
10 Apr 2010
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Leaves and bracts
23 Mar 2008
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Leaves
23 Mar 2008
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Full name: | Megalochlamys marlothii (Engl.) Lindau |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | - |
| English common name(s): | - |
| Synonym(s): | Dicliptera marlothii Engl. Dicliptera schumanniana Schinz |
| Status: | Near-endemic |
| Description: | Perennial. Dwarf shrub, shrub. Height 0.2-1 m Alt 320-1350 m. Shrub 20-100 cm tall. Leaves opposite, ovate, narrowed at the end pointed, rounded at the base, serrulate at the edge, medium green, bent inward. Flowers 2-gubye, collected in the final spike. (from www.agbina.com) A dwarf shrub, whose strongly contracted flower spikes arise from the axils of hypsophylls. The floral bracts are cordate and reniform. The light-blue blossoms are quadripartite. A peduncled, flattened capsule contains two seeds. (from Medicinal Poisonous and Edible Plants in Namibia) |
| Link(s) |
African Plant Database
JSTOR Plant Science Kew Herbarium Catalogue BGBM Berlin-Dahlem - Virtual Herbarium Züricher Herbarien iNaturalist (Namibia / Alex Dreyer) iNaturalist (Namibia) iNaturalist (southern Africa) Flora of Zimbabwe Fleurs de notre Terre - Galerie Namibie Tree Atlas of Namibia |
| Content last updated: | 18 Apr 2024 |
