Description
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Perennial herbs or soft shrubs. Leaves dentate. Inflorescences axillary or terminal spike-like cymes. Bracteoles 2, linear, as long as calyx. Calyx divided almost to base into 5 linear lobes. Corolla distinctly 2-lipped.
Fertile stamens 4, exserted. Style 1, filiform. Capsule with 3 or more seeds per loculus, the seeds borne on retinacula.
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Mellera Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1327
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Mellera: Brief Summary
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Mellera is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae.
Its native range is Ethiopia to Southern Tropical Africa, and Madagascar.
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