Accession Data

Dermatobotrys saundersii

Common Name: Dermatobotrys

Family: Scrophulariaceae

Country of Origin: South Africa

Description: Rare monotypic genus of Scrophulariaceae, grows as an epiphyte shrublet to about 1m on forest trees in the Eastern Cape region. Plants have succulent green leaves with a reddish tinge.
Pollinated by sunbirds

Uses: Produces edible fruit.

Accession Data

Accession #: 200100486

Accession Date: 2001-04-12 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2114

Quantity: 4

Source: Nicholas Plummer - Duke

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: euasterid I

Order: Lamiales

Family: Scrophulariaceae

Tribe: Teedieae

Flowering Data:

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References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 25 July 2014.
  2. Dermatobotrys saundersii at GBIF. Last accessed on Friday, August 05, 2016.

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