Shrub or tree, up to c. 5 m tall; branches, undersides of leaves and calyces tomentose with whitish hairs that sometimes turn rusty. Leaf-blades lanceolate to ovate or suborbicular, 0.8–17 x 0.4–6 cm, acuminate to obtuse at the apex, cuneate to truncate at the base, serrate to entire; leafy stipules sometimes present; petiole 1–10 mm long. Flowers in raceme-like terminal inflorescences 3–25 x 0.8–2.5 cm. Calyx 2–3.5 mm long, shortly lobed. Corolla orange, 5–10 mm long, densely pubescent outside; lobes 1.5–3 mm long, rounded. Anthers subsessile. Pistil 2–4.5 mm long, pubescent. Capsule ellipsoid, 2.5–5 mm long.
Range
N2, 3
Altitude range
1300–1800 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Glover & Gilliland 953; Gillett & Watson 23793; Thulin, Abdi Dahir & Ahmed Osman 10204.
Distribution (external)
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Sudan
Uganda
Kenya
Tanzania
Yemen
Saudi Arabia
Notes
Maret ad (Som.).The Somali plants generally have small and proportionally wide leaves and small flowers.