Common name: Dermatobotrys
Family: Scrophulariaceae
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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.
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Source: Nicholas Plummer - Duke
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Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: euasterid I
- Order: Lamiales
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- Family: Scrophulariaceae
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- Tribe: Teedieae
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References:
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 25 July 2014.
- Dermatobotrys saundersii at GBIF. Last accessed on Friday, August 05, 2016.
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