Swaziland's Flora Database
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Cycnium racemosum Benth. (name current July 2011) OROBANCHACEAE Growth form: Found within protected areas Swaziland distribution: highveld only Schedule C Medicinal Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*): Cycnium racemosum - Erect, usually unbranched, up to 75 cm high. Lower leaves lance-shaped, narrowing to both ends, pointed, margin with numerous prominent pointed teeth, up to 8 cm long x 2 cm wide. Inflorescence terminal, sometimes with one or two erect branches; flowers solitary or in axillary pairs, short-stalked. Calyx c 1,2 cm long, lobes short, narrow, often hook-pointed; corolla pink, tube c 2,5 cm long, lobes broad, rounded, c 3 cm across, hairless. * Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication. |
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