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Cercestis dinklagei

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Name

Identification
Cercestis dinklagei Engl. [family ARACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Cercestis stigmaticus
  • Cercestis dinklagei

Flora

Entry for CERCESTIS Dinklagei Engl. [family ARACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 8, page 137, (1902) Author: (By N. E. Brown.)
Names
CERCESTIS Dinklagei Engl. [family ARACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xxvi. 422.
Information
Stem slender, climbing by its roots, about 1 lin. thick. Leaves petiolate, glabrous; petiole 4–8 in. long; blade 6–10 in. long, elongated-sagit-tate-lanceolate or hastate; front lobe oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, acute; basal lobes 3/4–2 in. long, usually deltoid, obtuse, more or less divergent, separated by a large sinus. Peduncle 2 1/4–3 1/6 in. long. Spathe about 2 1/3 in. long, convolute, slightly constricted below the middle, apiculate, green. Spadix about 2 in. long; female part 1/3– 1/4 the length of the male part. Ovary shortly ovoid; stigma broadly orbicular. Berries 4–4 1/2 lin. thick, red. Seed about 1/4 in. long, ovoid.
Distribution
Cameroons Upper Guinea Batanga, on forest trees and shrubs, Dinklage, 790, 1302.Gaboon Lower Guinea Munda; Sibange, at Abandu River, Büttner, 518.
Notes
I have not seen this species.

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