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Aneilema silvaticum

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Name

Identification
Aneilema affine De Wild. [family COMMELINACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Aneilema silvaticum Brenan [family COMMELINACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Aneilema affine
  • Aneilema lanceolatum
  • Aneilema rhodospermum
  • Aneilema silvaticum
Common name
  • óhīovbù (Kennedy) (NIGERIA, EDO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1

Flora

Entry for Aneilema silvaticum 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 silvaticum Brenan [family COMMELINACEAE], in Kew Bull. 7: 203 (1952) (var. silvaticum); J. K. Morton l.c. 459 (1966).
Aneilema affine De Wild. [family COMMELINACEAE], in BullJardBotBrux5: 83 (1915), not of RBr(1810).
Information
A slender, straggling herb with fibrous roots at the lower nodes and ascending flowering stems up to about 1 ft. high; flowers white or very pale blue.
Distribution
S. Nig.: Kennedy 2674! Sapoba Kennedy 1758a! Sapoha to Agbadi (Nov.) Meikle 637!
Distribution (external)
E. Cameroun
Congo
Notes
[The variety in our area is typical var. silvaticum resembling a miniature A. beniniense but with ciliate-margined leaves and acuminate capsules.]

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