Barleria ventricosa Hochst. ex Nees

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Entrance to Ndundu Lodge, Vumba near Tony's Coffee Shoppe

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Leopard Rock Golf Course, Vumba

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Close to Inyangombe Falls

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Synonyms:	Barleria scindens Oberm.
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Description:	Somewhat scrambling or erect herbaceous shrub, usually up to c. 1 m tall, rarely up to 5 m. Stems without spines, more or less densely covered in somewhat appressed yellowish hairs. Leaves opposite, ovate or elliptic, 1.5-13 cm long, more or less densely covered in yellowish-buff to brown hairs, at least on the veins. Flowers in 1-7-flowered axillary, verticillate clusters, together rarely forming spike-like terminal inflorescences. Enlarged calyx lobes elliptic, rhombic, ovate or rounded, up to 24 × 17 mm, hairs like on the leaves; margin mostly entire, rarely with bristle-tipped teeth. Corolla pale to bright blue, mauve-blue or white, 15-40 mm long, glandular hairy on the upper tube and lobes. Capsule 7-14.5 mm long, hairless.
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Worldwide distribution:	DRC, Rwanda, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa.
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Literature:	Champluvier, D. (1985). Acanthaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume III Pages 438 - 439. Also as B. stuhlmannii (Includes a picture). Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2015). Acanthaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 8(6) Pages 82 - 84. (Includes a picture). 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 13. as Barleria scindens

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