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Type of Corchorus velutinus Wild [family TILIACEAE]
Acocks, J.P.H., #16767
20-01-1953
Specimens
South Africa
Type of Corchorus velutinus Wild [family TILIACEAE] (stored under name); Verified by Wild, H.,
Corchorus kirkii N.E.Br. [family TILIACEAE]
Corchorus kirkii N.E.Br. [family TILIACEAE]
Corchorus velutinus [family MALVACEAE]
Flora of South Africa, (2003) Author: Dr J.P. Roux
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbarium, Cape Town (SAM)
Reference Sources
Small shrub up to 1 m tall, all parts exÂcept the corolla with a short, dense, velvety, greyish yellow indumentum, the old stems beÂcoming glabrous finally with a brownish bark. Leaf-blade 20-50 x 6-25 mm, narrowly obÂlong or narrowly elliptic, submucronate and obtuse at the apex, widely cuneate at the base, dentate or repand-dentate at the marÂgin, with 13-15 pairs of rather inconspicuous nerves which are slightly immersed above and slightly raised below; petiole about 10 mm long; stipules 1-2 mm long, caducous, subuÂlate. Inflorescence of small, 3-11-flowered cymes opposite the upper leaves or borne some distance from the nodes; peduncles up to 15 mm long; pedicels similar, up to 15 mm long; bracts about 2 mm long, subulate. SeÂpals up to 10 x 2,5 mm, narrowly elliptic or very narrowly elliptic, somewhat keeled dor-sally, caudate at the apex (thus rendering the bud apiculate at its apex), velvety outside, glabrous within. Petals yellow, up to 10 x 3 mm, narrowly oblanceolate-oblong, with a small basal claw about 1,2 mm long and with a very shortly stellately pubescent margin. Androgynophore 0,5 mm tall, with an annulus above. Stamens numerous, filiform. Ovary 3-locular, cylindric, shortly stellately villose; style about 4 mm long, glabrous. Capsule cyÂlindric, not beaked, sometimes slightly toruÂlose, greyish or yellowish velvety-tomentose with longer tufted hairs scattered among the shorter stellate indumentum; seeds numerous, about 2,5 x 1,2 mm, irregularly ellipÂsoid, very dark brown.
Corchorus velutinus Wild [family TILIACEAE]
FZ, Vol 2, Part 1, page 33, (1963) Author: H. Wild
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Reference Sources
Also in the Northern Transvaal in localities quite near to those in our area.
Small shrub up to 1 m. tall; all parts except the corolla with a short dense velvety greyish-yellow indumentum; old stems becoming glabrous, with a brownish bark. Leaf-lamina 2–5 × 0·6–2·5 cm., narrowly oblong or narrowly elliptic, submucronate-obtuse at the apex, dentate or repand-dentate at the margin, widely cuneate at the base, with 13–15 pairs of rather inconspicuous nerves slightly impressed above and slightly raised below; petiole c. 1 cm. long; stipules 1–2 mm. long, subulate, caducous. Inflorescences of small 3–11-flowered cymes opposite the upper leaves or home some distance from the nodes; peduncles up to 1·5 cm. long; pedicels similar, up to 1·5 cm. long; bracts c. 2 mm. long, subulate. Sepals up to 10 × 2·5 mm., narrowly elliptic or very narrowly elliptic, somewhat keeled dorsally, caudate at the apex, velvety outside, glabrous within. Petals yellow, up to 10 × 3 mm., narrowly oblanceolate-oblong, with a small claw c. 1·2 mm. long at the base with its margins very shortly stellately pubescent. Androgynophore 0·5 mm. tall, with an annulus above. Stamens numerous, filiform. Ovary 3-locular, cylindric, shortly stellately villous; style c. 4 mm. long, glabrous. Capsule c. 3 cm. long, cylindric, not beaked, sometimes slightly torulose, greyish-or yellowish-velvety-tomentose with tufted longer stellate hairs scattered among the shorter indumentum. Seeds numerous, very dark brown, c. 2·5 × 1·2 mm., irregularly ellipsoid.
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