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Pentas lanceolata (Forssk.) Deflers

Pentas lanceolata (Forssk.) Deflers

Pentas lanceolata
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Pentas lanceolata (Forssk.) Deflers. Pentas lanceolata, commonly known as Egyptian starcluster, is a species of flowering plant in the madder family, Rubiaceae that is native to tropical Africa from Sudan to Democratic Republic of the Congo and Mozambique, as well as Saudi Arabia and Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula. It is sometimes planted in butterfly gardens.

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Native range

Native range not recorded for this plant. Often a non-native cultivar or naturalized garden plant.

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