Catalogue no.:	V-1175162
Taxon:	Barleria quadrispina subsp. kenyana Defty & I.Darbysh.
Label:	Barleria sect. Prionitis
Family:	Acanthaceae
Collector:	M.G. Gilbert & M. Thulin
Collector no.:	1628
Date:	1978 05 09 - 1978 05 10
Country:	Kenya
Province:	Nairobi City
Locality:	48 km on the Ramu - El Wak road
Habitat:	On lower slopes of the hill. Acacia-Commiphora woodland with scattered Delonix elata and Sterculia on red soil, bottom of hills with bushland on limestone with Ipomoea donaldsonii, Euphorbia cuneata and various Acacia and Commiphora, and scattered trees of Delonix and Terminalia; upper slopes with Acacia mellifera, A. senegal and a variety of Commiphora on shale; Euphorbia cf. grantii common towards the top
Attributes:	Softwood climber, locally very common. Copious white latex. Corolla green, corona brownish
Coordinates:	latDD 03.51667; longDD 041