Isotype of Vangueria venosaRobyns [family RUBIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Vangueria madagascariensisJ.F.Gmel. [family RUBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
Vangueria venosa
Vangueria edulis
Vangueria madagascariensis
Vangueria robynsii
Pachystigma venosum
Common name
ndun durubab (JB) (SENEGAL, SERER), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
a-mθ́r goбέď probably this sp. (FG&G) (GUINEA, BASARI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
ga-nσra probably this sp. (FG&G) (SENEGAL, BEDIK), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
Flora
Entry for VANGUERIA venosa Sond. [family RUBIACEAE]
Pachystigma venosumHochst. [family RUBIACEAE], l. c.
Lagynias discolorE. Meyer [family RUBIACEAE]
Information
leaves shortly petiolate, obovate or obovate-anceolate, obtuse, or subacute, pale and much veined beneath, as well as the branches quite glabrous; cymes shortly pedunculate, few flowered; calyx lobes linear, obtuse; corolla glabrous outside. Branches alternate and opposite, terete. Leaves 1 1/2–2 inches long, 8–10 lines broad, tapering into the petiole, green above, whitish and netted-veined beneath. Cymes shorter than the leaves; peduncles and pedicels bracteate, hairy. Calyx lobes 3 lines long. Corolla 3–4 lines long, lobes acuminate. Fruit nearly 1 inch in diameter, globose, glabrous, with 5, or by abortion with 4 one-seeded nuts. Seed oblong, curved, affixed to a central placenta.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Port Natal, Krauss, 131. Gueinzius, 553. (Herb. D., Sd.)