Compilation
Commelina capitata

11 Images see all

Previous
Next

Name

Identification
Commelina capitata Benth. [family COMMELINACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Latilo,M.G., 1969
Related name
  • Commelina capitata
  • Commelina rufociliata
  • Commelina congesta
  • Commelina vogelii
  • Commelina bracteosa
  • Commelina obliqua
  • Commelina indet.
  • Commelina benghalensis
Common name
  • k-piye (FCD) (SIERRA LEONE, VAI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • ba folo (JB) (SENEGAL, MANDING-BAMBARA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1

Flora

Entry for COMMELINA capitata Benth. [family COMMELINACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 8, page 25, (1902) Author: (By C. B. Clarke.)
Names
COMMELINA capitata Benth. [family COMMELINACEAE], in Hook. Niger Fl. 541. —C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. 176; Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 424; Études Fl. Congo, i. 269; Durand & De Wild. in Comptes-rendus Soc. bot. Belg. xxxvi. 87; Rendle in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. ii. 78.
Information
Nearly glabrous, except the spathes. Stems 1–3 ft. long. Leaves up to 5 by 1–1 3/4 in., varying from broadly-oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate, subrhomboid, unequal-sided at the base. Spathes 3–8, collected into a quasi-terminal head, 2/3–1 in. long, obliquely obovate; margins free nearly to the base, densely ciliate with rufous hairs, or nearly glabrate. Flowers yellow (or white, H. H. Johnston). Capsule oblong, 4-seeded. Seeds 1/8– 1/6 in. long, cylindric, deeply pitted.
Distribution
British East Africa Nile Land east side of Lake Albert Edward, Scott-Elliot, 8027!Senegal Upper Guinea Perrottet, 772!Congo Lower Guinea Bingila, Dupuis!Sierra Leone Upper Guinea Luseniya, Scott-Elliot, 4080! and without precise locality, Afzelius! Smeathman! Morson! Hart!Liberia Upper Guinea Cape Palmas, Vogel, 52!Lagos Upper Guinea Moloney, 9!Niger Upper Guinea New Calabar, at Degema, Holland, 125! Cross River, Johnston!Cameroons Upper Guinea Victoria, Kalbreyer, 17! Cameroon Mountain, upper slopes, Johnston, 97! Bipinde, Zenker, 1143! Yaunde, Zenker & Staudt, 637! Efulen, Bates, 442! Batanga, Bates!Fernando Po Upper Guinea Mann, 91!Angola Lower Guinea Pungo Andongo; in the shady woods of Barranco de Pedra Songue, 3300 ft., Welwitsch, 6647!
Distribution (external)
the West Indies
Notes
The two examples from the West Indies I have seen are probably of one collection, and the locality on the ticket is possibly an error.

Related Materials