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Volkameria inermis

Botanic Family
Lamiaceae
Author
Linnaeus

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Grey-pubescent erect, slightly scandent shrub or woody liana to 28m with fissured stems, tetragonal glabrescent tuberculate branches. Glabrescent leaves to 140mm x 80mm. Axillary or super-axillary cymes to9 100mm long of 3-7 fragrant white or greenish-yellow flowers to 95mm x 70mm marked purple-red with purple stamens, bractlets to 3mm long, green 5-toothed calyx to 4mm long, becoming up to 10mm long in fruit, white or purple-tinted glabous corolla, corolla tube to 30mm long x 15mm, 5 lobes 10mm long. 15mm x 8mm grey-yellow drupe with persistent calyx, separating into 4 corky pyrenes.

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