Description:
Densely branched, glandular undershrubs with unpleasant smell. Leaves ranging in size from large on primary shoots to small on tertiary shoots, entire. Flowers solitary or few. Calyx divided almost to base into 5 linear segments. Corolla obscurely 2-lipped, contorted in bud; lobes subequal, lilac; throat orange. Androecium : stamens 4, didynamous; anthers 2-thecous, similar, not spurred. Disc shortly cup-shaped. Gynoecium : capsule with 2 ovules per locule, only upper one developing into a seed. Capsule oblong, 2-seeded. Seeds with hygroscopic hairs.
Distribution:
Species 5, trop. Africa; sthn trop. Afr. 2, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi.
Source:
SSTA
Synonym(s):
Pseudacanthopale Benoist: 9 (1950).
Classification:
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