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Lasianthus kilimandscharicus

Family
Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Native range
Gabon to Kenya and Zimbabwe
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Lasianthus kilimandscharicus is a shrub or tree found in Kenya. It becomes 2–7 metres (6 ft 7 in – 23 ft 0 in) tall; bark smooth, grey. Leaves (narrowly) elliptic, base cuneate, apex acuminate, 9–17 centimetres (3.5–6.7 in) by 2–6 cm (0.79–2.36 in), glabrous or nearly so. Flowers white or pale purple.

Other Lasianthus plants

Lasianthus agasthyamalayanus · Lasianthus blumeanus · Lasianthus capitulatus · Blue rubi · Lasianthus ciliatus · Lasianthus cyanocarpus · Lasianthus gardneri · Jack's Wool Flower · Lasianthus macrocalyx · Lasianthus oliganthus · Lasianthus pedunculatus · Lasianthus rhizophyllus

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lasianthus kilimandscharicus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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