Swaziland's Flora Database

Species Information

Sopubia cana Harv. var. cana (name current July 2011) (Sopubia cana) OROBANCHACEAE Growth form: Herb Found within protected areas Medicinal Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*): Sopubia cana - Erect from woody rootstock, up to 45 cm high, branches upright. Leaves up to 2,5 cm long X 2 mm wide, closely grey-downy, with short leafy shoots in axils. Inflorescence terminal, fairly dense, elongated, often branched. Flowers single, axillary; stalk c 7 mm long, grey-downy. Calyx c 6 mm long, densely grey-downy, lobes very short and blunt; corolla pink, tube enclosed in calyx, lobes broad and blunt, veined, c 1 cm across; anthers and style protruding. * Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.

Herbarium Specimens