Diagnostic ²

"Leaves 10-25 x 0.8 cm, linear-oblong, acute, glabrous, bifarious; sheath open. Racemes 10-20 cm long, slender. Flowers paired at nodes; pedicel 8 mm long, jointed at the middle; tepals 2 x 1 mm, oblong, chartaceous, white; ovary 3-lobed, ovules one in each cell, stigma terminal, entire. Capsule 5 x 6 mm, 3-lobed; seeds 2.5 x 2 mm, reniform, rugose."

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Kai Yan, Joseph Wong, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/33623636@N08/5686877468/
2. (c) India Biodiversity Portal, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://eol.org/data_objects/26335708

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• African Plants - a photo guide
• Atlas of Living Australia
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• World Flora Online

Range Map

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