Melastomataceae

• Region

  Africa

• Country

  Tanzania

• Locality

  T 1, Bukoba. Around Kahororo sec school just N of Bukoba town

• Elevation

  Alt. 1140 m. (3740 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -1.33, 31.82

• Location Notes

  [Africa]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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BOTANISK INSTITUT • AARHUS UNIVERSITET
(Herbarium Jutlandicum [AAU], Aarhus, Denmark)
Melastomaceae
Flora of Tanzania
Collected 1974 by Henrik Balslev
(BenthJ A. & R.
no, 012 Melastromaetrum segregatum.
T I, flukoba, 1 2o s/ 3i k9 E.
Around Kahororo see school just N
of ftukoba town»alt« Xtko m«
Flat area of sandy lake deposits«
Vegetation of gras fields with
spots of forest with trees not mor<
than 6 m high« The ares swampy.
2 m high shrub« Fetals violet 2x1
cm. Used as malaria treatment by
the loonl people*
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