Lobelia giberroa

Hemsl.

Campanulaceae

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Where to Find It

It is a tropical plant. It grows at the edges of rainforest and near streams. It suits humid locations.

Africa, Burundi, Central Africa, Congo, East Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia,

Countries: Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Comoros, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

How to Identify

A plant that forms a column. It grows 9 m tall when in flower. The stem is erect and 6-12 cm thick. It is woody at the base. There is a ring of leaves without leaf stalks. These are narrowly sword shaped. They are 25-90 cm long by 4-15 cm wide. The leaves taper to the tip. The flowering stalks are 1-3 m long. It flowers in the dry season. The fruit is a capsule 10 mm long. The seeds are up to 8 mm long and have fine lines along them.

Notes

Probably edible. They have also been put in the family Lobeliiaceae.

Names & Synonyms

Yekola-jibra

Lobelia intermedia HaumanLobelia squarrosa Bak.Lobelia ulugurensis (Engl.) R. E. & T. C. E. Fr.Lobelia usafuensis Engl.Lobelia volkensii Engl.Tupa schimperi Hochst. ex A. Rich.

References (3)

Flora Zambesiaca. http://apps.kew.org/efloras
Molla, A., Ethiopian Plant Names. http://www.ethiopic.com/aplants.htm
White, F., Dowsett-Lemaire, F. and Chapman, J. D., 2001, Evergreen Forest Flora of Malawi. Kew. p 178

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