Nomenclature
Cladostigma dioicum Radlk, Abh.naturwiss.Ver.Bremen. 8 : 412 (1883). Type: Eritrea, Habab, Hildebrandt 489 (Holotype B); Eritrea, Valle Damas, 29 Feb. 1892, Schweinfurth & Riva 647 (neotype K) designated by Sebsebe Demissew (1996).
Evolvulus lavae, Schweinf. ex Deflers in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 43: 121 (1896).
Hippocrepistigma fruticosum, Deflers nom. nud. based on Deflers1 172.
Description
Biogeography, Ecology and Natural History

Ethiopia, Eritrea, Saudi Arabia, Somalia
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Other information
The species is easily distinguished by the characteristic erect habit, ovate to orbicular leaf-lamina, male flowers with filaments articulated and hairy at the base and pistillode with styles fused 1/3, to 1/2 of their length, and glabrous ovary.
Horticulture
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