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Northern Fluffy Flowered Jackal Coffee

Empogona kirkii subsp. kirkii

Description

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Somewhat scrambling shrub, rarely a small tree. Leaves opposite, variable in shape and size, mostly broadly elliptic to ovate, velvety hairy on the undersurface. Flowers bell-shaped in 1-5 flowered clusters, borne on distinct axillary stalks, appearing before or with the new leaves. Corolla white, often tinged pink with long, fluffy hairs in the throat. Fruit almost round, crowned with the remains of the calyx, hairy black when ripe.
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Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
bibliographic citation
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Empogona kirkii Hook. f.
subsp. kirkii Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=155550
author
Mark Hyde
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Bart Wursten
author
Petra Ballings
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Frequency

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Frequent
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). Empogona kirkii Hook. f.
subsp. kirkii Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=155550
author
Mark Hyde
author
Bart Wursten
author
Petra Ballings
original
visit source
partner site
Flora of Zimbabwe