Pavetta pumila N.E.Br.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Rubiaceae > Pavetta

Characteristics

Leaf blades 5–8.5 × 2.5–3.5 cm, elliptic or ovate, obtuse to acute or shortly acuminate or subacuminate at the apex, narrowly cuneate at the base; lateral nerves in 5–6 main pairs; tertiary nerves raised and finely reticulate beneath; domatia absent; bacterial nodules dot-like or elliptic, few scattered; petioles up to 5 mm long; stipule limbs 2–3 mm long, subtruncate with an arista c. 2 mm long, chaffy, drying pale.
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Inflorescence terminal on leafy stems, subumbellate or laxly corymbose, 2–3 cm across (excluding corollas), sometimes with additional elements subtended by subterminal pair of leaves; primary inflorescence branches reduced or up to 0.5 cm long; pedicels 2–5 mm long, glabrous or sparsely pubescent.
Calyx tube drying blackish, 1 mm long, glabrous or sparsely pubescent; limb-tube c. 0.5 mm long; lobes drying light green, 5.5–7 mm long, 0.8–1 mm wide at base, linear-lanceolate or linear, gradually tapering, ciliate or not.
Small glabrous, single-stemmed suffrutescent shrub to c. 20 cm tall from a woody rhizome, or subshrub 0.5–1 m tall.
Corolla white; tube 1.5–1.6 cm long, sparsely pubescent inside; lobes 5.5–6 × 2 mm, elliptic, acuminate.
Fruit not known.
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.2
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Distribution

Pavetta pumila world distribution map, present in Mozambique

Conservation status

Pavetta pumila threat status: Vulnerable

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:759981-1
WFO ID wfo-0000265782
COL ID 6TWCZ
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Synonyms

Pavetta pumila