Loewia glutinosa explained

Loewia glutinosa is a species of shrub from East Kenya belonging to the family Passifloraceae.^[1], Ethopia, and Somalia.^[2]

L. glutinosa can grow up to 3 meters and has orange flowers. Flowers can be distylous or homostylous.^[3] Leaf size and shape varies across regions. Colloquially it is called rumassan (Somali).

Notes and References

1. Web site: Loewia glutinosa in Global Plants on JSTOR . 2022-11-15 . plants.jstor.org.
2. 836441-1 . Loewia glutinosa . 16 November 2022.
3. Shore . Joel S. . Arbo . Maria M. . Fernández . Aveliano . 2006 . Breeding system variation, genetics and evolution in the Turneraceae . New Phytologist . en . 171 . 3 . 539–551 . 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01807.x . 16866957 . 0028-646X. 11336/41821 . free .