abissa (CV) (GHANA, AKAN-ASANTE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
the orchid-like ground-lily (Morton)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
Flora
Entry for CHLOROPHYTUM Orchidastrum Lindl. [family ANTHERICACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 7, page 421, (1898) Author: (By J. G. Baker.)
Names
CHLOROPHYTUM OrchidastrumLindl. [family ANTHERICACEAE], in Trans. Hort. Soc. vi. 78. —Bot. Reg. t. 813; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 453; Kunth, Enum. iv. 603; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 325, partly.
Information
Root-fibres fleshy, cylindrical. Leaves many to a stem; petiole distinct, 6–9 in. long; blade oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, membranous, 8–9 in. long, about 2 in. broad at the middle, narrowed gradually to both ends. Peduncle slender, 1 ft. or more long. Racemes many, very lax, 4–6 in. long, forming a lax rhomboid panicle; lower bracts lanceolate, 1/2– 3/4 in. long; pedicels ascending, articulated at the middle, the lower 3–4-nate, 1/4– 1/3 in. long. Perianth greenish, 1/6– 1/4 in. long; segments narrow. Anthers as long as the filaments. Capsule subglobose, 1/4 in. long.
Distribution
Sierra Leone Upper Guinea on Mount Gonkwi, near Ninia, Talla Hills, Scott-Elliot, 4995! and without precise locality, Don!
