Английская Википедия:Anaheterotis
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Anaheterotis pobeguinii is an herb of the family Melastomataceae, in the monospecific genus Anaheterotis.[1][2] Its species name is an homage to French explorer Charles-Henri Pobéguin[3][4]
Range
It is distributed in tropical West Africa; endemic to the Woodland savanna of Guinea and Sierra Leone. It grows along rivers at an altitude of 1200–1400 meters.[5]
Description
It is an erect, unbranched herb, with a pale, simple stem but well-branched terminal inflorescence. The flowers are purple to red. It grows up to 60 cm tall. The plant is a geophyte, growing from a tuberous rootstock. [6][5]
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