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Banisteria pruriens

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Identification
Banisteria pruriens E.Mey. [family MALPIGHIACEAE ] Acridocarpus pruriens A.Juss. [family MALPIGHIACEAE ] Sphedamnocarpus pruriens Szyszyl. [family MALPIGHIACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Banisteria kraussiana
  • Sphedamnocarpus pruriens
  • Acridocarpus pruriens
  • Banisteria pruriens

Flora

Entry for ACRIDOCARPUS pruriens Juss. [family MALPIGHIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 1, page 231, (1894) Author: (By W. SONDER.)
Names
ACRIDOCARPUS pruriens Juss. [family MALPIGHIACEAE], l. c. p. 238
Banisteria pruriens E. Mey. [family MALPIGHIACEAE], ! in Hb. Drege.
Information
branches whitish, tomentose; leaves opposite, short, ovate, mucronulate, silvery and silky on the lower side; petioles bi-glandular above the middle; umbels 3–5-flowered, terminating the branches and ramuli; ovary and fruit tristylous. Branches voluble. Leaves 1–1 1/2 inches long, 1/2–1 inch wide, obtuse or sub-retuse, mucronate, the younger appressedly pubescent above, older glabrate, all silky tomentose on the under side. Petiole tomentose, 3–6 lines long. Umbels mostly ternate; peduncles silky, 1–1 1/2 lines long, bibracteolate at the apex and articulated to the 2–3 line long pedicels. Calyx and petals as in the preceding. Styles long, unequal. Ovaries 3, hairy. Samaræ 3, silky pubescent, the wings appressedly downy, 5 lines long, 2 1/2 lines wide, twice as long as the styles.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Woods near Port Natal, common, Drege, Gueinzius, &c. Macallisberg, Zeyher. (Herb. Sond., Hook., T.C.D.)

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