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Barleria randii
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Tshabalala Nature Reserve, Bulawayo
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Tshabalala Nature Reserve, Bulawayo
Photo: Bart Wursten
Tshabalala Nature Reserve, Bulawayo
Photo: Bart Wursten
Tshabalala Nature Reserve, Bulawayo
Photo: Bart Wursten
Tshabalala Nature Reserve, Bulawayo
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Spiny, shrubby perennial, up to 40 cm tall. Leaves opposite, ovate-elliptic, stiffly leathery, sharply pointed at the apex. Flowers apricot-yellow. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | randii: named after Dr R.F. Rand (1856-1937), English Medical doctor and early plant collector in Zimbabwe. |
| Habitat: | In Combretum-Acacia woodland, often on shallow soils on rock or on termite mounds. |
| Flowering time: | Dec - Jan |
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| Botswana distribution: | SE |
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| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 5. Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2015). Acanthaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 8(6) Page 120. 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. Plowes, D.C.H. & Drummond, R.B. (1990). Wild Flowers of Zimbabwe. Revised edition. Longman, Zimbabwe. No. 126, plate 167 Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 17. |
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