Strophanthus intermediusPax [family APOCYNACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Strophanthus congoensisFranch. [family APOCYNACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Beentje H.J., 1981
Related name
Strophanthus intermedius
Strophanthus congoensis
Flora
Entry for STROPHANTHUS congoensis Franch. [family APOCYNACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 4, Part 1, page 24, (1904) Author: (By Otto Stapf.)
Names
STROPHANTHUS congoensisFranch. [family APOCYNACEAE], in Journ. de Bot. vii. 324. —Franch. in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, 3 sér. v. 288; Payrau, Strophanthus, 131, with fig.; Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxxii. 156. Gilg in Engl. Monogr. Afr. Pfl. vii. 32.
Information
A much branched small tree, quite glabrous; branches slender, brown, often once or twice forked. Leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 1 1/2–3 in. long, 1–1 3/4 in. broad, rounded or subcordate at the base, shortly and obtusely acuminate, thin, but rather firm; secondary nerves 4 on each side; veins inconspicuous. Cymes terminal, shortly peduncled, few-flowered; bracts scarious, ovate, acuminate; pedicels short. Calyx 1 1/2–2 lin. long; sepals ovate, acute. Corolla glabrous; infrastaminal part of tube 2 lin. long, suprastaminal part tubular campanulate, 4 1/2–5 1/2 lin. long; lobes ovate, suddenly constricted into a linear tail 5–6 lin. long; throat-scales subulate, 1 1/2 lin. long. Anthers glabrous, shortly acuminate. Ovary glabrous.