Clappertonia ficifolia (Willd.) Decne.

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Kona, a small tributary of the Itimbiri River, DR Congo. © Botanic Garden Meise

Synonyms:	Honckenya ficifolia Willd.
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Description:	Small shrub, up to c. 2 m tall. Branches covered in short, orange-brown stellate hairs. Leaves broadly oblong to ovate, up to 13 × 7 cm, more or less deeply 3-7-lobed, stellate hairy above and with simple hairs below; margins coarsely serrate. Petiole up to 4 cm long, mostly shorter, shortly orange-brown stellate hairy. Flowers in terminal, racemose heads, large and very showy, 8-10 cm in diameter, pinkish-mauve; sepals linear, pointed, as long as the broadly spathulate petals. Fruit an oblong-ovoid capsule, c. 5 × 2.5 cm, covered with numerous stiff ciliate bristles.
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Worldwide distribution:	Widespread in tropical Africa.
Growth form(s):	Shrub under 2 m.
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Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Literature:	Wild, H. (1963). Tiliaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 80 - 82. (Includes a picture).

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