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Dissotis princeps

Dissotis princeps
Common names: purple dissotis, royal dissotis, wild tibouchina, purple wild tibouchina (Eng.); kalwerbossie (Afr.); sichobochobo, umpongamponga (Swazi)
Family: Melastomataceae

... Botanical Garden January 2006, updated January 2017 Dissotis princeps is a soft, herbaceous shrub, 1.5 to 3 m ... persistent calyx, releasing masses of very small seeds. Dissotis princeps has unusual stamens: firstly, when in bud, ... is ± 30 mm long, purplish pink with a yellow stigma. Dissotis princeps occurs in marshy places, along streambanks ...

20 / 02 / 2006 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Dissotis canescens

Dissotis canescens
Common names: pink wild tibouchina, pink marsh dissotis, ordeal bean (Eng); kalverbossie (Afr); imfeyesele (Zulu)
Family: Melastomataceae

... National Botanical Garden March 2001   Our pink marsh dissotis is a soft wooded shrub up to 1.5 m in height and 1 m ... five are shorter and yellow in colour. The pink marsh dissotis can be found growing in marshy areas from the ... eastern regions of South Africa and into tropical Africa. Dissotis Dissotis canescens  is a rewarding garden plant ...

02 / 04 / 2001 | Alice Aubrey | Walter Sisulu NBG
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