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Published In: Beknopte Flora van Java (Nood Unitgave) Afl. 15, Fam. 173, 72. 1956. (Bekn. Fl. Java) Name publication detail
 

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Contributor Text: S. NAZIMUDDIN AND M. QAISER
Type: Holotype: Western Provinces, Tom District, Bwamba Co. Kabango, local in forest, 1230 m, alt., Sept. 1932T homson 725 (EA); Isotype (K and ENT).
Distribution: Distribution: Native of tropical Africa, commonly cultivated in gardens of Pakistan and India.
Map Location: G-4 Karachi Dist.: University Campus Nursery, Saida Qaiser, Nazim & Abrar Hussain 501 (KUH); Gandhi Garden, S.M.A. Kazmi 3967 (KUH); Amir Khusro Road, P.E.C.H.S. Karachi, Saida Qaiser, Kauser & Abrar Hussain 10 (KUH).

 

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Shrub, branches covered with long appressed hairs. Leaves 4-9 x 1.5-3.5 cm, oblong, lanceolate, acuminate, sparsely pubescent above and pubescent on nerves beneath, petiole 1-2 mm, stipules subulate. Inflorescence a corymb. Calyx hairy, tube c. 2.5 mm long; 5-lobed, lobes c. 3 mm long, subulate, one is generally expanded in a yellow leaf-like structure, 1.5-3.5 x 1-2.5 cm, and stalk 1.5-2 cm long. Corolla pale yellow, tube 2-2.5 cm long, pubescent, mouth villous, 5-lobed, lobes ovate and accuminate, c. 6 x 2.5 cm; style divided into two stigmatic lobes. Fruit an oblong capsule, 7 x 5 mm, loculicidal, 2-valved.
 
 
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