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Metarungia galpinii

Common names: southern orange-lips

Family: Acanthaceae

... Wildflowers (CREW) Images Tony Dold March 2014 Metarungia galpinii is an evergreen, much-branched shrub with ... but occasionally blooms irregularly after heavy rain. Metarungia galpinii is known only from the East London district, in forest along rivers, below 500m. Metarungia galpinii has very long, remarkably tough roots and ...

17 / 03 / 2014 | Vathiswa Zikishe | CREW

Common names: sunbird bush (Eng.); sonbekkiebos (Afr.)

Family: Acanthaceae

... for their advice on the propagation techniques. Metarungia longistrobus is a small, soft shrub, branching ... and are released explosively from the seed capsules. Metarungia longistrobus grows in wet to dry forest in kloofs ... and Mpumalanga, as well as in Swaziland and Mozambique. Metarungia longistrobus is pollinated by sunbirds which feed ...

25 / 02 / 2013 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG