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Charachera viburnoides

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Identification
Charachera viburnoides Forssk. [family VERBENACEAE ] Lantana viburnoides (Forssk.) Vahl [family VERBENACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Lantana viburnoides
  • Charachera viburnoides

Flora

Entry for LANTANA viburnoides (Forssk.) Vahl [family VERBENACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
LANTANA viburnoides (Forssk.) Vahl [family VERBENACEAE], (1790);
Charachera viburnoides Forssk. [family ], (1775). [type as above]
LANTANA concinna Bak. [family VERBENACEAE], (1895);. type: N1, “Wadaba”, Cole & Lort Phillips s.n. (K holo.).
LANTANA concinna Chiov. var. macrophylla [family VERBENACEAE], in Result. Sci. Miss. Stefanini-Paoli: 143 (1916);. type: S2, between “Magdesce” and “Giabadgéh”, Paoli 1316 (FT holo.).
Information
Shrub or subshrub, 0.5–2.5 m tall; young stems shortly appressed pubescent. Leaves opposite; blades ovate to elliptic-lanceolate, 0.7–5(–12) x 0.4–3(–7) cm, acute to ± obtuse at the apex, rounded-cuneate at the base, crenate, ± scabrid above, pubescent to tomentose beneath; petiole up to 10(–15) mm long. Flowers in axillary heads 0.7–1.5 x 0.8–2.5 cm, elongating in fruit up to 3 cm or more long; peduncle (0.5–)1.5–13.5 cm long; lower bracts rounded to ovate, 6–15 x 3–9 mm, ± acuminate. Calyx c. 2 mm long. Corolla white or pink; tube c. 5.5 mm long, puberulous outside; limb c. 3–5 mm wide. Drupes lilac-purple, 2.5–3.5 mm long.
Range
N1–3; C1, 2; S1–3
Altitude range
40–1680 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Bally & Melville 15624; Thulin & Warfa 5429; Thulin, Hedrén & Abdi Dahir 7265.
Distribution (external)
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Egypt
Uganda
Kenya
Tanzania
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Malawi
Mozambique
Angola
Arabian Peninsula
Notes
Geed xamar, reexaan, xitoole (Som.). A variable taxon variously subdivided by Fernandes (1989) and Verdcourt in Fl. Trop. E. Afr. (1992). The Somali material is nearest var. viburnoides in Verdcourt´s classification, although the leaves are mostly relatively small. Records of L. kisi A. Rich., L. petitiana A. Rich., L. rugosa Thunb. and L. trifolia L. from Somalia in Cuf. Enum.: 788–790 (1962) are probably all based on material of L. viburnoides. Leaves used to flavour tea and ghee.

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