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Cleome didynama

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Name

Identification
Cleome didynama Hochst. [family CAPPARACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet., Cleome angustifolia Forssk. [family CAPPARACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Dianthera abyssinica
  • Cleome angustifolia
  • Cleome hochstetteri
  • Cleome diandra
  • Cleome didynama
  • Dianthera hochstetteri

Flora

Entry for CLEOME didynama Hochst. [family CAPPARACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 73, (1868) Author: (by Prof. Oliver).
Names
CLEOME didynama Hochst. [family CAPPARACEAE], in Schimp. Pl. Abyss.
Dianthera abyssinica Schweinf. [family ], Fl. Æthiop. 70 (ex. descr.).
Information
An erect, branched, perfectly glabrous, glaucescent herb, probably attaining 2 or 3 ft. Leaves 5–7-foliolate, petiolate; leaflets very narrow-linear. Racemes lax; bracts very narrow-linear, 3-foliolate or simple. Pedicels capillary, at length about 1 in. long. Sepals lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate. Anther-bearing stamens 4; staminodia 4. Capsule narrow-linear, spreading or pendulous, about 3 in. long, shortly stipitate, glabrous, with longitudinal, anastomosing veins, tapering into the slender style. Seeds globose-reniform, minutely pitted, nearly or quite glabrous.
Distribution
Abyssinia Nile Land Schimper!
Notes
Nearly allied to a Cape Cleome, the Tetrateleia maculata of Sonder, Fl. Capensis, i. 58.

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