Hermannia coccocarpa leaves and flowers

The simple, alternate and short-stalked leaves of Hermannia coccocarpa are oblong or linear, occasionally lanceolate or ovate with variably toothed or small-lobed margins. The blades are hairless, the midribs sunken on top. Lateral veins, also sunken, ascend into the lateral lobes or teeth. The leaf dimensions are about 2,5 cm long and 0,8 cm wide but variable.

The flowers grow solitary or in pairs, nodding on slender pedicels from leaf axils and stem-tips. The brown, short-haired calyces are cup-shaped, ending in five acutely pointed sepal tips. The soft-textured, round-tipped petals spread slightly. Corolla colour varies from white to white to pink or purple. Flowering happens in spring to autumn. The fruits are oblong capsules, although the specific name says round (Euston-Brown and Kruger, 2023; iNaturalist; https://www.worldfloraonline.org).