Boerhavia grandifloraA.Rich. [family NYCTAGINACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Commicarpus grandiflorus(A.Rich.) Standl. [family NYCTAGINACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
Boerhavia plumbaginea
Commicarpus plumbagineus
Boerhavia dichotoma
Boerhavia grandiflora
Boerhavia pentandra
Commicarpus grandiflorus
Flora
Entry for COMMICARPUS grandiflorus (A. Rich.) Standl. [family NYCTAGINACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Boerhavia grandifloraA. Rich. [family NYCTAGINACEAE], (1850). [type as above]
Information
Stems prostrate; most parts conspicuously sticky-pilose. Leaf-blade ovate, 3.5–10 x 2.5–7 cm, rounded to truncate at the base, acuminate at the apex, entire; petiole ± terete, up to 2 cm long. Flowers in umbels or 2 superposed whorls with the rhachis shorter than pedicels, the umbels or whorls arranged in a terminal panicle; peduncle 1–5 cm long; pedicels up to 9–15 mm long in fruit. Perianth-limb pink to pale purple, 7.5–11 mm long. Stamens 3–4. Anthocarp clavate, (4.5–)5.5–7.5 mm long, covered with uniformly sessile glands.
