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Aristolochia preussii

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Name

Identification
Pararistolochia preussii (Engl.) Hutch. & Dalz. [family ARISTOLOCHIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Keay, R.W.J., Aristolochia preussii Engl. [family ARISTOLOCHIACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for ARISTOLOCHIA Preussii Engl. [family ARISTOLOCHIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 6, Part 1, page 134, (1913) Author: (By J. G. Baker, with additions by C. H. Wright.)
Names
ARISTOLOCHIA Preussii Engl. [family ARISTOLOCHIACEAE], Jahrb. xxiv. 492.
Information
A climber. Leaves unknown. Cymes articulated, very shortly pilose; bracts linear-lanceolate, shortly pilose, as long as the internodes; flowers sessile. Perianth greenish-yellow, minutely spotted with carmine and edged with dark purple; utricle ovoid, 9 lin. long, 7 lin. in diam.; tube cyathiform, 17 lin. long; lobes 3, triangular, 6 lin. long and wide, produced into tails 14 lin. long and about 1/2 lin. wide. Gynostemium turbinate; anther-cells linear, about 1 lin. long. Ovary clavate; stigmatic lobes broadly linear, 1 1/2 lin. long.
Distribution
Cameroons Upper Guinea between Barombi and Kumba, 1046 ft., Preuss, 108.

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