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Combretum anisopterum

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Identification
Isotype of Combretum anisopterum Welw. ex M.A.Lawson [family COMBRETACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Pteleopsis anisoptera (Welw. ex M.A.Lawson) Engl. & Diels [family COMBRETACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Combretum anisopterum
  • Pteleopsis anisoptera

Flora

Entry for COMBRETUM anisopterum Welw. [family COMBRETACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 2, page 413, (1871) Author: (By Mr. J. G. Baker.)
Names
COMBRETUM anisopterum Welw. [family COMBRETACEAE], mss.
Information
Tree-like shrub, 6–8 ft.Leaves opposite, shortly petiolate, 1 1/4 in. long by 7 lines broad, ovate or obovate, downy. Flowers in very short densely-flowered spikes, often staminate only, glabrous. Calyx-tube acutely triangular, limb cyathiform with very obscure teeth. Petals unguiculate, obovate, yellow. Fruit with slender pedicels 4–5 lines long, obovate-elliptical, emarginate, shortly tipped with the persistent base of the style. Wings usually 3, sometimes 4, unequal. Nut globular.
Distribution
Lower Guinea Hills of Angola, Dr. Welwitsch! Growing at the height of 5000 ft.

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