Cuscuta kilimanjari Oliv.
var. kilimanjari

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Lusero Forest, Nyika National Park

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Synonyms:	Cuscuta ndorensis Schweinf.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Parasitic leafless twiner with stems up to 1·5 mm in diameter. Inflorescences in few-flowered clusters. Flowers 4–6 mm long and wide, pale cream, somewhat leathery when dried; pedicels shorter than the flowers. Calyx cup-shaped nearly enclosing the corolla; lobes ovate-circular, obtuse, overlapping at the base. Corolla bell-shaped to cylindric; lobes ovate or circular, obtuse, shorter than the tube. Stamens shorter than the corolla lobes with short and thick filaments; styles shorter than the ovary and rather thick, often reflexed; stigmas mostly flattened and convolute. Capsule depressed-globose, at length splitting around the base.
Type location:	Tanzania
Notes:	Parasitic on various hosts, often on Acanthaceae.
Derivation of specific name:	kilimajari: of Mt Kilimajaro.
Habitat:	On floors and edges of moist evergreen forest.
Altitude range: (metres)	Above 1000 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Throughout eastern Africa, from Ethiopia to South Africa.
FZ divisions:	N,E
Zambian distribution (Provinces):
Growth form(s):	Climber.
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Images last updated:	Monday 3 September 2018
Literature:	Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 138. (Includes a picture). Fischer, E. & Killmann, D. (2008). Illustrated Field guide to the Plants of Nyungwe National Park Rwanda. University of Koblenz-Landau. Page 430. (Includes a picture). Gonçalves, M.L. (1987). Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1) Page 133. 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 36. Maquet, P. (1985). Cuscutaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume III Pages 256 - 257. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 87. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 43. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 74.

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Cuscuta kilimanjari Oliv. var. kilimanjari