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Matelea hispida

Botanic Family
Apocynaceae
Author
(Hokker & Arnott) Bacigalupo

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Perennial hairy herb with creeping or sometimes climbing stems, leaves to 60mm x 30mm, glabrous above or with hairy margins, villous beneath. Extra-axillary many-flowered inflorescence of brown-purple flowers, hairy calyx lobes to 6mm x 4mm, corolla tube short, lobes to 7mm x 4.5mm, hairy above, glabrous beneath, broad villous follicles to 100mm long

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