Flower; Botanical Garden of the University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal; 1/2020 © Jörn Germer
Inflorescence; Botanical Garden of the University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal; 1/2020 © Jörn Germer
Foliage; Botanical Garden of the University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal; 1/2020 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 2574 Date of entry: 04.01.2020 Last update: 27.12.2020
English: African hemp
German: Kapländische Zimmerlinde
Kingdom: Plantae (2633)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2537)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2145)
Order: Malvales (80)
Family: Malvaceae (61)(family description)
Genus: Sparrmannia (1)
Epithet: africana L.fil. (7)
africana => of African origin
Climate: sub-tropical
Habit: shrub
Flower colour: yellow, white
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