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of initially long up-curved pale greenish-yellow buds, that open explosively, the petals usually bright yellow, strongly curling, long stamens and style clear red, orange or pink, and quickly falling after fertilisation. The initially green oval berries color red when ripe. The species is assigned to
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Branches are greyish brown and carry opposite pairs of light greenish grey leaves, with mostly three (sometimes up to seven) obvious or obscure veins each, that come in two different types. Seated leaves, about 4–5 cm long and ⅔-1 cm wide, lanceolate to oval in shape, with an arrow- or
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of 2½–4 mm long, on top of which is an inconspicuous green ring-shaped calyx of ½–1 mm high. The corona is a greenish yellow, in the lower 6–8 mm widened and slightly S-shaped, further to the tip an up-curved tube of 3–3½ cm long, and again wider at the tip. The corona opens
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heart-shaped foot 6–8 mm long, clasping the branch they sit on, occur on the long shoots, and are spaced about 3–4 cm from the neighboring pairs. Shorter leaves on very short (1–3 mm long) stalks are arranged on the short shoots, that may also carry the inflorescences.
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suddenly into fully free petals that are strongly curled at the receptacle, initially bright yellow and sometimes reddish at the foot, remaining yellow or aging to orange-red. When open, the orange, pink or red
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has been used in traditional medicine to treat cancer. The plant is used to soften leather, while branches are utilised as firewood.
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428:The simple translation of the root words in
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682:"Plicosepalus sagittifolius"
658:"Plicosepalus sagittifolius"
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992:Taxa named by Adolf Engler
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551:Plicosepalus sagittifolius
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407:Benedictus Hubertus Danser
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