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Loewia glutinosa

Loewia glutinosa
Photo: Paigehenning, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Turneraceae (Turner family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
E. Ethiopia to Somalia
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

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Loewia glutinosa is a species of shrub from East Kenya belonging to the family Passifloraceae. Ethiopia, and Somalia.

L. glutinosa can grow up to 3 meters and has orange flowers. Flowers can be distylous or homostylous. Leaf size and shape varies across regions. Colloquially it is called rumassan (Somali).

Other Loewia plants

Loewia tanaensis · Loewia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Loewia glutinosa 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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