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Barleria villosa

Botanic Family

Acanthaceae

Author

S. Moore

Conservation Status

Least concern

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Nigeria
• Togo

Natural Habitats

• Riverine forest
• thickets
• grassland
• forest
• secondary woodland

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Woody climbing perennial herb, shrub or rambler to 2m with pubesnt stems. Leaves 90mm x 40mm with villous stems & foliage. Terminal spikes of 1=3 flowers with bracts to 22mm x 9mm & bracteoels to 15mm x 2.5mm. Greeny-brown calyx with lobes to 17mm x 6mm. Blue-purple corolla to 42mm long with yellowish tube to 23mm long & lobes to 14mm x 9mm. Glabrous capsule to 12.5mm long.

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• Jstor
• Kew