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Cadaba mombassana

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Name

Identification
Cadaba farinosa Forssk. [family CAPPARACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Graham, R.A., Cadaba farinosa Forssk. [family CAPPARACEAE ] Cadaba mombassana Gilg & Gilg-Ben. [family CAPPARACEAE ]
Related name
  • Cadaba mombassana
  • Cadaba farinosa

Flora

Entry for CADABA farinosa subsp. farinosa [family CAPPARACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (1964) Author: J. ELFFERS, R. A. GRAHAM AND G. P. DEWOLF
Names
CADABA farinosa subsp. farinosa [family CAPPARACEAE]
CADABA mombassana Gilg & Bened. [family CAPPARACEAE], in E.J. 53: 226 (1915). Type: Kenya, Mombasa I., Hildebrandt 1923 (B, holo. !, K, iso. !)
Information
Young twigs covered with sessile scales. Flowering pedicels 5–10 mm. long. Outer sepals usually less than 1 cm. long, slightly longer than the inner, silvery, covered with sessile scales; stalked scales few or 0. Anthers 2.75–3.5 mm. long.
Range
DISTR. U1–4; K1–4, 6, 7; T2 Sudan and Congo Republics west to Angola and Senegal, also Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somali Republic to Egypt, Arabia and India
Altitude range
0–1700 m.
Distribution
KENYA Northern Frontier Province Dandu, 19 Mar. 1952, Gillett 12585 !;KENYA Masai District just N. of Mt. Shombole, 23 Oct. 1955, Milne-Redhead & Taylor 7009 !;KENYA Lamu District Manda I., Takwa, 4 Nov. 1957, Greenway 9440!TANGANYIKA Masai District Ketumbane, 7 Jan. 1936, Greenway 4290 !UGANDA Acholi District SE. Imatong Mts., Agora, 9 Apr. 1945, Greenway & Hummel 7328!;UGANDA Bunyoro District Butiaba Flats, Oct. 1933, Eggeling 1440 !;UGANDA Mbale District Bugishu, behind Greek R. Camp, Jan. 1936, Eggeling 2505 !

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