Entry for CELASTRUS andongensis Oliv. [family CELASTRACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 359, (1868) Author: (by Prof. Oliver).
Names
CELASTRUS andongensisOliv. [family CELASTRACEAE]
Information
A glabrous shrub of 3–5 ft. with or without axillary spines 1/4– 3/4 in. in length. Leaves as in C. senegalensis, much narrowed, usually from above the middle, to the petiole, differing in their being usually acute or broadly pointed, though when fascicled from the axils of a previous year they may be very obtuse; they are serrulate above but not glaucous or glaucescent, 2–2 3/4 in. long, 1/2–1 1/4 in. broad; petiole gradually dilating into the lamina. Branching cymes much shorter than the leaves. Ovary free, 3-celled, with a short style equalling the spreading stigmas.
