Isotype of Tetracera boivinianaBaill. [family DILLENIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Kubitzki, K.,
Related name
Tetracera masuiana
Tetracera boiviniana
Tetracera strigillosa
Flora
Entry for TETRACERA Boiviniana Baill. [family DILLENIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 11, (1868) Author: (by Prof. Oliver).
Names
TETRACERA BoivinianaBaill. [family DILLENIACEAE], in Adans. vii. 300. t. 7.
Information
An erect or ascending shrub of 2–3 ft. Leafy branches sparsely pilose, glabrescent below. Leaves obovate-lanceolate or -oblong; apex rounded, obtusely pointed or acute, narrowed at the base, denticulate or serrate, rugose, rather scabrous and with short scattered hairs above, tomentose beneath, with prominent lateral nerves, 3–5 in. long, 1 1/2–2 in. broad. Petiole 4–8 lines. Peduncles and short pedicels pilose-tomentose. Flowers in few-flowered terminal cymes, 9–15 lines diam. Sepals slightly pilose within. Anthers ovate or ovate-oblong; cells nearly parallel or slightly divergent below. Carpels 3–4, glabrous, or densely hairy and glabrescent when ripe and about twice as long as the sepals.