Entry for DICELLANDRA Barteri Hook. f. [family MELASTOMATACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 2, page 439, (1871) Author: (By Mr. J. G. Baker.)
Names
DICELLANDRA BarteriHook. f. [family MELASTOMATACEAE]
Information
Epiphytic.Stem very stout, 10 ft. long, as thick as the thumb, spongy, rooting at the nodes, acutely 4-angled, hispidulous, especially at the angles; branches, petioles, young leaves, nerves beneath, and inflorescence covered with minute rusty furfuraceous pubescence. Leaves 6–10 in. by 4–7 in., elliptic-ovate or broadly ovate-cordate, acuminate, denticulate, transverse nerves distinct, quite glabrous above, purple beneath; petiole 3–8 in. Panicle 1–2 in. long; branches short; bracts minute, subulate. Flowers purple, 1 in. diameter, shortly pedicelled. Calyx-tube 1/3 in. Petals 1/2 in., membranous. Anthers of large stamens strongly falcate, 1/3 in. Berry 1/2 in. long.
Distribution
Upper Guinea Nun river, Barter!Upper Guinea Fernando Po and Sierra del Crystal, on the Gaboon river, Mann!