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Polygonum senegalense

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Identification
Polygonum senegalense Meisn. [family POLYGONACEAE ]
Related name
  • Polygonum senegalense
Common name
  • filiraiyεmbe (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, SUSU), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • ndili (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, MENDE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • papuyl (Lean) (MALI ? (San) bala fuli (A Chev.) popologui (A Chev.), FULA-PULAAR (Mali)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • suboin (A Chev.) (GUINEA, MANDING-MANINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • tumtum (JB) ntuntun (K&A) (SENEGAL, WOLOF), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4

Flora

Entry for POLYGONUM senegalense Meisn. [family POLYGONACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 5, page 459, (1912) Author: By C. H. WRIGHT.
Names
POLYGONUM senegalense Meisn. [family POLYGONACEAE], Monogr. Polyg. 54;—Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 123; Aschers. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 171; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 202; Durand & Schinz, Études Fl. Congo, i. 236; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. App. ii. 156; Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 904; Baker & C. H. Wright in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. vi. i. 111.
POLYGONUM macrochæton Fresen. [family POLYGONACEAE], in Flora, 1838, 601; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 225.
POLYGONUM nodosum Pers. [family POLYGONACEAE], Syn. i. 440; Garcke inPeters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 503; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 202; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxvi. 343; Gage in Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. ii. 396.
POLYGONUM quadrifidum Meisn. [family POLYGONACEAE], in Linnæa, xiv. 485, not of Buch.-Ham.
POLYGONUM lapathifolium Hook. f. var. nodosum [family POLYGONACEAE], Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 35.
Information
perennial; stems robust, erect, glabrous, 4–5 ft. high; leaves distinctly petioled, oblong-lanceolate, glabrous except on the midrib and margins, acute, narrowed very gradually to the base, the lower 6–8 in. long, 1 1/2–2 in. broad at the middle; ochreæ large, truncate, not ciliate with bristles; racemes few or several, cylindrical, moderately dense, 2–3 in. long; bracts broadly ovate, not fringed; pedicels 2–3-nate, finally about as long as the bract; perianth pale pink, 1 1/2 lin. long; stamens usually 7; styles 2; nut orbicular, with flattened faces, shining, nearly black. null
Range
Also in Egypt, Tropical Africa, Madagascar and Tropical Asia.
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Prince Albert Div.; by the River Gamka between Blaauwekrans and Wilgebosch Fontein, 2000 ft., Drège.COAST REGION Cape Div.; in sandy plains around Diep River, near Constantia, below 100 ft, Drège. Districts of George and Albany, Bowie! Div.? Stony Vale, Gill!EASTERN REGION Pondoland; near St. Johns River, 500–1000 ft., Drège.

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