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Aeollanthus suaveolens

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Identification
Aeollanthus elongatus Briq. [family LAMIACEAE ] Aeollanthus pubescens Benth. [family LAMIACEAE ] Verified by Ryding,O., Aeollanthus suaveolens Mart. ex Spreng. [family LAMIACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Aeollanthus pubescens
  • Aeollanthus elongatus
  • Aeollanthus heliotropioides
  • Aeollanthus glabrifolius
  • Aeollanthus cassawa
  • Aeollanthus claessensii
  • Aeollanthus affinis
  • Aeollanthus suaveolens
  • Aeollanthus lamborayi
Common name
  • bwalangino (Sampson; JMD) (NIGERIA, TIV), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3

Flora

Entry for Aeollanthus suaveolens [family LAMIACEAE]
Herbarium
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbarium, Cape Town (SAM)
Collection
Flora of Southern Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of South Africa, (2003) Author: Dr J.P. Roux
Names
Aeollanthus suaveolens [family LAMIACEAE]
Common names
A. suavis Mart., Amoen. Bot. Monac. 4: t.2 (1831); Benth., Lab. 61 (1833); in DC, Prodr. 12: 80 (1848). Type: same as above. A. heliotropioides Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 29: 138 (1875); Bak. in F.T.A. 5: 393 (1900); Morton in F.W.T.A. edn 2,2: 457 (1963). Type: Uganda, Umyoro, Speke & Grant s.n. (K, holo.).
Information
Annual herb, erect, branched, 0,2—0,5 m tall; stems glabrous to hispidulous. Leaves sessile or shortly petiolate; blade lanceolate to elliptic or ovate-lanceolate, 30—40 x 8—15 mm, glabrous to hispidulous, apex obtuse to rounded, base cuneate, margin subentire. Inflorescence a fairly dense panicle; flowers secund, single, closely placed, subsessile; bracts ciliate, elliptic, acute, 2,5 — 3 mm long, overlapping towards the apex. Calyx hispidulous, 1 mm long at flowering, enlarging to 2,5 mm long. Corolla blue to purple, 4—5 mm long. Nutlets ovoid or oblong, smooth.
Habitat
Hedge in Notes R. bot. Gdn Edinb. 32: 47 (1972) expressed the opinion that A. heliotropioides is probably a synonym of A. suaveolens and this view is supported by Ryding (in litt. Feb. 1982). It was apparently introduced into Brazil prior to the early nineteenth century and was cultivated in Munich Botanic Garden in 1825 from seed collected in "the gardens of Chinese in Santa Cruz, Brazil", where it was grown for its aromatic foliage.
Use
1. Aeollanthus suaveolens Mart, ex K. Spreng., Syst. Veg. 2: 750 (1825). Type: ex hort. Munich, seed originally from S. America.
Range
Distributed from Ghana to Tanzania and southwards to Zaire and Zimbabwe, with a single record from the Woodbush in Transvaal. Map 66.

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