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Burchellia capensis

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Name

Identification
Burchellia bubalina (L.f.) Sims [family RUBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Burchellia capensis R.Br. [family RUBIACEAE ]
Related name
  • Burchellia kraussii
  • Burchellia bubalina
  • Burchellia capensis

Flora

Entry for BURCHELLIA Capensis R. Brown [family RUBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 3, page 1, (1894) Author: (By W. SONDER).
Names
BURCHELLIA Capensis R. Brown [family RUBIACEAE], in Ker. Bot. Reg. t. 466;—Pappe Sylv. cap. p. 18. E. Z. n. 2285.
Lonicera bubalina L. fil. [family ], suppl. p. 146.
BURCHELLIA Kraussii Hochst. [family RUBIACEAE], ! Flora, 1842, p. 237. Zeyh. 2702.
Information
leaves on short petioles, ovate, acute, subcordate, entire, downy. A tree 12–14 feet high, called Buffeldoorn. Branches opposite, erect. Leaves about 3–5 inches long, 1 1/2–3 inches broad, mostly subcordate at the base, pilose or pubescent beneath; in var. γ, usually 2–3 inches long, 1 inch broad and rarely subcordate, nearly glabrous or with a few hairs on the middle nerve. Flowers 9–10 lines long, of a deep scarlet colour, adpressed hairy outside, in var. β. 8–9 lines long, orange-coloured. Limb of the corolla ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute. Anthers pointed, nearly sessile in the upper part, or near the middle of the corolla. Style as long as the corolla. Fruit 4 lines long, shorter than the calyx lobes.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Forests of Swellendam, George, Uitenhage, Albany, Caffraria, and Port Natal. Oct. Nov. (Herb. Thunb., D., Sd.)

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