Acanthopale pubescens (Lindau) C.B. Clarke

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Forested slopes below Nhandore peak, Mt Gorongosa, Mozambique

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Slopes below Nhandore peak, Mt Gorongosa, Mozambique

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Synonyms:	Acanthopale albosetulosa C.B. Clarke Acanthopale longipilosa (Mildbr.) Bremek. Dischistocalyx pubescens Engl. var. longipilosa Mildbr. Dischistocalyx pubescens Engl.
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Description:	Erect or somewhat scrambling Shrub-like perennial herb, up to 2.5 m tall. Leaves opposite, largest 8-24 cm long, ovate to elliptic with a distinct drip-tip, dark green, hairy on both surfaces; petiole 2-6.5 cm long. Flowers in more or less condensed terminal racemose heads, white with purple-pink markings, softly hairy on the outside of the corolla. Capsule 11-14 mm long.
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Derivation of specific name:	pubescens: pubescent, with soft short hairs
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Worldwide distribution:	DRC, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
Growth form(s):	Shrub under 2 m.
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Literature:	Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 883. (Includes a picture). Champluvier, D. (1985). Acanthaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume III Pages 0 - 430. Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 21. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 274. Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 178. 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. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 33. Vollesen, K. (2009). Acanthaceae (Part 1) Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 215 - 217. (Includes a picture). Vollesen, K. (2013). Acanthaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 8(5) Pages 143 - 144. (Includes a picture). White, F., Dowsett-Lemaire, F. & Chapman, J.D. (2001). Evergreen forest flora of Malawi Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Pages 112 - 114. (Includes a picture).

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