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Streptocarpus arcuatus Hilliard & B.L.Burtt

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Gesneriaceae > Streptocarpus

Characteristics

Corolla (to tip of extended lower lobe) 7–8 cm. long, arcuate, inflated above the base on the upper side, maximum diam. of tube (as pressed) 13 mm.; corolla tube white, lobes white outside but with the medium violet of the inner surface showing through, floor of tube with deeper violet blotch at base of inferior lip, two yellow spots usually present below sinuses of inferior lip.
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Leaf of flowering plant always withered at apex where the terminal part has abscinded during the unfavourable season, up to 30 cm. long and 20 cm. broad, pilose on both surfaces.
Peduncle up to 15 cm. long, with spreading glandular and eglandular hairs.
Stamens arising 4 cm. above the base of tube; filaments 15 mm. long.
Calyx segments 5.5 mm. long.
Gynoecium 6 cm. long.
Unifoliate.
Life form perennial
Growth form
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Environment

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Usage

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Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 15 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 18
Germination luminosity light
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Distribution

Streptocarpus arcuatus world distribution map, present in Malawi

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:929315-1
WFO ID wfo-0001065042
COL ID 52XNY
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Streptocarpus arcuatus
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