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Genus: Crabbea
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> Family: Acanthaceae
About 12 species of which seven are
native to southern Africa.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI),
Flora of Zimbabwe
and Flora of
Mozambique.
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Crabbea acaulis
Perennial herb growing to height of 0.25 m.
See van Wyk & Malan (1997: 32). Distribution in southern Africa:
South Africa > KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, North West, Gauteng, Free
State; Swaziland; Limpopo
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Crabbea angustifolia
Perennial herb growing to
height of 0.45 m. See van
Wyk & Malan (1997: 32). Distribution in southern Africa:
South Africa > Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West, Gauteng, Free State |
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Crabbea galpinii
Perennial herb growing to height of 0.25 m.
Distribution in southern Africa: South Africa >
Mpumalanga
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Crabbea hirsuta (Prickly Head)
manxasana [Xhosa]; ihlasi, umusa [Zulu]
Perennial herb growing to height of 1.25 m.
See Pooley (1998: 198); van Wyk & Malan (1997: 32). Distribution in southern Africa: South Africa >
Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West, Gauteng,
Free State; Swaziland; Lesotho
See
Flora of Zimbabwe.
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Crabbea nana
Perennial dwarf shrub or herb, growing to
height of 0.3 m.
Distribution in southern Africa: South Africa >
Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga; Swaziland
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Crabbea ovalifolia
Perennial herb growing to
height of 1.25 m. See van
Wyk & Malan (1997: 32). Distribution in southern Africa:
South Africa > Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West, Gauteng. |
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Crabbea velutina
Perennial herb growing to height of 0.2 m.
Distribution in southern Africa: South Africa >
Mpumalanga, Limpopo; Botswana; Namibia.
See
Flora of Zimbabwe.
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References
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Pooley, E. 1998. A Field Guide
to Wild Flowers KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora
Publications Trust, Durban.
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van Wyk, B. &
Malan, S. 1997. Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Highveld. 2nd
edition. Struik Publishers, Cape Town.
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Welman, W.G. 2003. Acanthaceae. In
Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds), Plants of southern Africa: an
annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 92-106. National Botanical
Institute, Pretoria.
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