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Aneilema pomeridianum

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Name

Identification
Aneilema pomeridianum Stanfield [family COMMELINACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Odewo, T.K., 1981
Related name
  • Aneilema pomeridianum
  • Aneilema lanceolatum
Common name
  • nahi nyamere (auctt.) (GHANA, DAGBANI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • gada machiji = duiker’s snake (Grove; RES) (NIGERIA, HAUSA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1

Flora

Entry for Aneilema pomeridianum Stanfield & Brenan [family COMMELINACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 3, Part 1,
Names
Aneilema pomeridianum Stanfield & Brenan [family COMMELINACEAE], in Kew Bull. 15: 217 (1961); J. K. Morton l.c. 451, fig. 7 (1966).
Aneilema lanceolatum var. evolutius   C. B. Cl. [family COMMELINACEAE], (as "evolutior") in DC., MonogrPhan3: 227 (1881), partly, as to lectotype; Brenan in Kew Bull7: 203 (1952), partly
Aneilema lanceolatum [family COMMELINACEAE], of F.W.T.A., ed1, 2: 314 (1936), partly; Brenan in Kew Bull7: 202 (1952), partly, not of Benth.
Information
A perennial herb 4 in.-3 ft. high, similar in appearance to A. lanceolatum but with the lower and basal leaves elongate and falsely petiolate; flowers mauve to bluish-purple, open from about 1 p.m. until dusk:in grassland or woodland, sometimes in cultivated ground.
Habitat
in grassland or woodland, sometimes in cultivated ground.
Distribution
Ghana: Sutawa (Mar.) A. S. Thomas D158!N. Nig.: Nupe Barter 1117! Zungeru (July) Dalz. 267! Sokoto (June) Dalz. 449! Abinsi (Mar., July) Dalz. 806! 807!S. Nig.: Eruwa, W Lagos Rowland Igboora, Ibadan (Apr.) Stanfield 192! Idogun, Owo (Mar., Oct.) Stanfield 65! 157!

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