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Commelina congesta

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Name

Identification
Commelina congesta C.B. Clarke [family COMMELINACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by A. Cornet, 1975
Related name
  • Commelina heudelotii
  • Commelina capitata
  • Commelina congesta
Common name
  • ị̀kpị́rị́bụ́ị́kpị́(rị́)bụ́ (KW) (NIGERIA, IJO-IZON (Kolokuma), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • korongbé (K&B) (IVORY COAST, MANDING-DYULA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • korongbé (K&B) (UPPER VOLTA, MANDING-DYULA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1

Flora

Entry for Commelina congesta C. B. Cl. [family COMMELINACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 3, Part 1,
Names
Commelina congesta C. B. Cl. [family COMMELINACEAE], in DC., Monogr. Phan. 3; 160 (1881); F.T.A. 8: 43; Berhaut, Fl. Sén. 208; J. K. Morton in J. Linn. Soc. 55: 521, fig. 17 (1956), and 60: 179 (1967).
Commelina condensata C. B. Cl. [family COMMELINACEAE], l.c. (1881); F.T.A8: 43; F.W.T.A., ed1, 2: 320
Commelina heudelotii C. B. Cl. [family COMMELINACEAE], l.c. 184 (1881).
Commelina amphibia A. Chev. [family COMMELINACEAE], in MémSocBotFr2, 8: 214 (1911), including var. hirsuta A. Chev.
Commelina congesta var. hirsuta (A. Chev.) Hutch. [family COMMELINACEAE], , F.W.T.A., ed1, 2: 320 (1936).
Information
Creeping, perennial herb with rather stout stems rooting at nodes, elliptic to lanceolate leaves, spathes crowded 2 or more together at ends of stems, flowers very pale blue or violet almost white, open from dawn until nearly noon, and capsules with 3 single-seeded loculi;usually in forest, sometimes in open.
Habitat
usually in forest, sometimes in open.
Distribution
Guin.: Heudelot 788!Port. G.: Catió (Dec.)S. L.: Mano Salija (Nov.)Lib.: Banga (Oct.) Linder 1177! Webo, Cavally R. (Apr.) Dinklage 2619!Iv. C.: Angouakoukro to Toumodi (Aug.) Chev. 22411! Coula to Nékaougnié (July) Chev. 19589! Nékaougnié to Grabo (July) Chev. 19597! Azuretti (Sept.) de Wit 7597! Yapo (July) Boughey 14549!Ghana: Nsawam, Cape Coast (Jan.) Morton GC 8337! Dunkwa to Pusupusu, Kibbi Dist. (Dec.) Morton GC 8204! Abure to Nsawam (Dec.) Morton 8057!S. Nig.: Sapoba Kennedy 2681! 2696! Ilobi, Egbado Dist. (Dec.) Onochie FHI 31882! Owo (Oct.) Stanfield 2! 3! Owerri (Sept.) English! Oban Talbot 759!F. Po: Mann 91 (partly)!
Distribution (external)
Cameroun
Gabon
Congo
C. African Republic
Notes
[Variable in indumentum, C. condensata represents a variant with the leaf-sheaths clothed outside with long soft spreading hairs.]

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