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Volkameria acerbiana

Botanic Family

Lamiaceae

Author

Visiani

Common Names

• Bagni Beret
• Mkwambe
• Mtozatoza

Geographical Habitats

• Chad
• Egypt
• Ethiopia
• Gambia
• Guinea Bissau
• Kenya
• Somalia
• Sudan
• Tanzania

Natural Habitats

• Riverside

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Erect or scrambling shrub to 3m with pubescent or tomentose branches & branchlets. Ternate or quarternate leaves with pubescent leaflets to 75mm long. Axillary & terminal cymes, flowers with bracts, calyx to 18mm long with lobes, white corolla with tube 25mm long & lobes 4mm long. Fruit a drupe 8mm x 8mm.

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• Gleason & Moldenke
• Kew