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Pentas decora

Long-flower Starcluster, Pentas decora, Kenya, photo © by Michael Plagens

Observed in open woodland around the rim of Menangai Crater, Kenya. March 2013. Another image has been added to the collection at Flickr

Very long, slender tubular flowers with normally five petal lobes. A shrubby plant reaching a little taller than one meter with opposite or whorled lance-shaped leaves.

Clustered fruits of Pentas decora, Kenya, photo © by Michael Plagens

Rubiaceae -- Coffee Family

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