Description
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Erect perennial herb with unbranched annual stems, normally up to 60 cm, occasionally taller. Leaves in whorls of 3-5, elliptic or lanceolate, shiny green above, covered in greyish white papillose hairs below. Inflorescences in 3-5-flowered whorls at the leaf nodes, creamy yellow to bright yellow. Fruit spherical, crowned with the persistent calyx limb, green, turning black when ripe.
- 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). Fadogia homblei De Wild. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=156130
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Angola, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Limpopo, Gauteng, 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). Fadogia homblei De Wild. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=156130
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
