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Hibiscus micranthus

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Name

Identification
Hibiscus micranthus L.f. [family MALVACEAE ] (stored under name); Hibiscus micranthus Cufod. [family MALVACEAE ] Verified by Vollesen,K., 1984
Related name
  • Hibiscus castroi
  • Hibiscus sp.
  • Hibiscus ovalifolius
  • Kosteletzkya velutina
  • Hibiscus versicolor
  • Hibiscus hochstetteri
  • Hibiscus intermedius
  • Hibiscus micranthus
  • Hibiscus sabiensis
  • Hibiscus dinteri
  • Hibiscus capillipes
  • Hibiscus arenarius
  • Hibiscus zanzibaricus
  • Hibiscus rigidus
  • Hibiscus ahlensis
  • Hibiscus parvifolius
  • Hibiscus nyikensis
Common name
  • lagalaga = long-long; alluding to the tall erect habit (FRI) (GHANA, GA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4

Flora

Entry for Hibiscus micranthus Linn. f. [family MALVACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
Names
Hibiscus micranthus Linn. f. [family MALVACEAE], Suppl. Pl. 308 (1781); F.T.A. 1: 205; Hochr. in Ann. Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genèv. 5: 60; Cufodontis l.c. 46 (q.v. for vars.).
Information
Undershrub, 5–6 ft. high, with stiff, straight, scabrid branches; stipules almost spiny; flowers small, about 1/2 in. long, white turning pink; seeds cottony.
Range
Widespread in the drier parts of tropical Africa, S. Africa, Madagascar, Arabia and India
Distribution
Sen. Heudelot 539! Walo (Sept.舑Nov.) Perrottet.Fr. Sud. Gao (Sept.) Hagerup 365!G. C. Cape Coast Brass. Accra (Mar., May) Deighton 587! Irvine 721!Togo Lome Warnecke 218! 339!

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