Blue Cat's Whiskers
Rotheca myricoides
A tall, leafy shrub at a roadside at Mweiga, Nyeri, Kenya, Dec. 2015.
SHRUBBY:Shrubby plant reaching more then 2 meters tall.
LEAVES: The opposite leaves are elliptical and have broad teeth along the margin. Occasionally the leaves are whorled - three or four to the node.
FLOWERS: The anthers and pistil are strongly arched above the floral tube entrance and the petals are distinctly two-toned in most examples.
RANGE: Widely distributed in East Africa where native, but now cultivated in tropical locations around the world.
FRUIT: Usually four-lobed, but sometimes fewer.
UNARMED.
The thumb link below appears to be a separate, but closely related species from western Kenya:
