boru (Williams) (THE GAMBIA, FULA-PULAAR), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
Flora
Entry for DYSCHORISTE pedicellata C. B. Clarke [family ACANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, page 1, (1900) Author: (By I. H. Burkill and C. B. Clarke.)
Names
DYSCHORISTE pedicellataC. B. Clarke [family ACANTHACEAE]
Information
Pubescent. Leaves 1 1/2 by 3/4 in., narrow elliptic, pubescent on both surfaces; cystoliths obscure. Cymes axillary, lax, branched; pedicels 0– 1/6 in. long; bracteoles 1/6 in. long, linear. Calyx exceeding 1/2 in. in length, divided rather more than 1/2 way down, pubescent without, white hairy within; cystoliths obscure. Corolla 1 in. long, purplish-red when dry; linear-cylindric portion of the tube 1/3 in. long. Stamens, style, ovules, pollen, as of genus. Capsule 1/4 in. long, 4-seeded.
Distribution
Upper Guinea North Bank of the River Gambia, Ozanne, 8!Cameroons Upper Guinea 4000 ft., Passarge, 121A!
Notes
The calyx is often minutely pedicellate above the bracteoles; and there is seen sometimes a shoot from the axil of a bracteole.