Thunbergia oblongifolia Oliv.
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Picture: Bart Wursten
Vumba rd near Westaway
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Lower northwestern slopes Mt Gorongosa.
Picture: Bart Wursten
Lower northwestern slopes Mt Gorongosa.
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Lower northwestern slopes Mt Gorongosa.
Picture: Petra Ballings
Gardiner Farm, nr Arcturus
Picture: Bart Wursten
Below dam wall, Cleveland Dam, Harare
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Cleveland Dam
Picture: Bill Clarke
South of Middle Dam, Val D'Or
Picture: Bill Clarke
South of Middle Dam, Val D'Or
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Synonyms:
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Thunbergia lancifolia sensu Mapaura & Timberlake non T. Anderson
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Description:
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Perennial herb with stems to 70 cm, arising from a woody rootstock. Leaves: lamina 3-11 cm, lanceolate to elliptic or obovate. Flowers solitary; pedicels glabrous to pubescent; bracteoles glabrous to puberulous with non-glandular hairs. Calyx 1-3 mm long; lobes broadly triangular. Corolla limb blue to dark blue or mauve, rarely white; lower part of tube white to pale yellow. Capsule with beak 2 cm long. Seeds with lateral wing. |
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Tanzania |
Notes:
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Derivation of specific name:
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oblongifolia: with oblong leaves |
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Flowering time: | Aug - Nov |
Worldwide distribution:
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Tanzania, Burundi, DRC, Zambia and Zimbabwe |
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca):
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N,C,S |
Zambian distribution (Provinces):
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Lp,C,S |
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Literature:
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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 15. as Thunbergia lancifolia
Plowes, D.C.H. & Drummond, R.B. (1990). Wild Flowers of Zimbabwe. Revised edition. Longman, Zimbabwe. No. 130, plate 171
Vollesen, K. (2013). Acanthaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 8(5) Page 44.
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Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24
Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A.
(2024).
Flora of Zambia: Species information: Thunbergia oblongifolia. https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=152990, retrieved 26 April 2024
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