Description
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Succulent shrub up to 2(-4) m tall. Stems branching from the base and leafless almost up to the base of the peduncle. Leaves decussate, lamina 2.5-10 × 3-6.5 cm, obovate to oblong-obovate or subcircular, fleshy, glabrous, glaucous tinged with red. Inflorescence a cyme, up to 20 cm in diameter. Flowers pendulous. Calyx glandular-pubescent; lobes 6-10 mm long. Corolla 2.5-3.7 cm, deep red, orange-red or coral-red, glandular-pubescent; tube strongly swollen and 5-angled below and contracted above the sepals.Nectar-scales oblong, tubular above, widened and irregularly lobed at the margin.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Cotyledon barbeyi Schweinf. ex Baker Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=124830
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Somalia, East Africa, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and South Africa.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Cotyledon barbeyi Schweinf. ex Baker Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=124830
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
