Canarina eminii Asch. & Schweinf.
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda
Photo: Bart Wursten
Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda
Photo: Bart Wursten
Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda
Photo: Bart Wursten
Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda
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Canarina elegantissima T.C.E.Fr.
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Description:
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Epiphytic or terrestrial herb with climbing or pendent stems up to several meters long. White latex present. Leaves opposite or 3-whorled, triangular-ovate, 2.5-10 cm long; margin bluntly to sharply dentate to double dentate; petiole generally less than half the length of the lamina, not coiled. Hypanthium obconical, 6-ribbed; calyx lobes 1.8-3.8 cm long. Corolla, funnel-shaped, 4.3-7.6 cm long, orange to orange-red with darker veins. |
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Worldwide distribution:
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DRC, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi. |
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Literature:
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Thulin, M. (1983). Campanulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Pages 88 - 89. (Includes a picture).
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