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Kalaharia uncinata

Botanic Family

Lamiaceae

Author

(Schinz) Moldenke

Common Names

• Mkotakippwa (Nyamwezi)
• Osijoseuta
• Dale
• Kikosa

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Botswana
• Congo
• Gabon
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Cape Province - South Africa
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Zaire
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

• Forest edges
• lakeside
• riverside
• woodland
• bush-veldt

Flowering Times

• Jun
• Aug
• Oct
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Jun
• Nov
• Dec

Climbing herb or shrub to 1.5m with recurved spines. Pubescent leaves 25mm long. Axillary cymes, hairy calyx to 4mm long, yellow, orange-red or red flowers, corolla tube to 8mm long with upper segments to 12mm long, lower segments to 20mm long. black fruit

Further References

• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• Gleason & Moldenke
• Kew