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Barleria opaca

Botanic Family

Acanthaceae

Author

(Vahl) Nees

Conservation Status

Protected

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Benin
• Burkina Faso
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Ghana
• Ivory Coast
• Nigeria
• Sierra Leone
• Togo

Natural Habitats

• River delta

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Straggling half-climbing shrub. Hairy leaves 55mm x 32mm. Axillary cymes with white flowers 40mm long, floral leaves to 25mm long & bracts to 12mm long, segmented hairy sepal 12mm long, 4 segments, inner segments to 5mm long, corolla tube 25mm long with lobes 12mm long. Capsule 12mm long.

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• FWTA