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Conopharyngia cumminsii

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Name

Identification
Conopharyngia cumminsii Stapf [family APOCYNACEAE ] Tabernaemontana crassa Benth. [family APOCYNACEAE ] Tabernaemontana pachysiphon Stapf [family APOCYNACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., Tabernaemontana pachysiphon Stapf [family APOCYNACEAE ]
Related name
  • Tabernaemontana crassa
  • Tabernaemontana pachysiphon
  • Conopharyngia cumminsii
Common name
  • o-banawa, σ-bonowa (Enti) (GHANA, KWAWU), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • badawa (BD&H) o-banawa (FRI) (GHANA, ASANTE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • o-bonawa, obonowa (Enti) obonowa (BD&H) (GHANA, TWI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • abodòdo, abo: female (of ’dodo’) (JRA; JMD) dòdo (auctt.) kpokpaka (auctt.) (NIGERIA, YORUBA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • oogele (Hendrick) (NIGERIA, IGALA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • dai (Volkens) (TOGO, GBE-VHE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • ìbù (auctt.) ìkhúian, iwian (JMD) (NIGERIA, EDO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • ngu (FRI) (NIGERIA, IGBO (Awka)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • pete-pete (JMD; KO&S) (NIGERIA, IGBO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • σ-banawa (FRI) o-bonowa (Enti) (GHANA, AKAN-AKYEM), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • ivuru (DRR) (NIGERIA, IGBO (Achi)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1

Flora

Entry for CONOPHARYNGIA Cumminsii Stapf [family APOCYNACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 4, Part 1, page 24, (1904) Author: (By Otto Stapf.)
Names
CONOPHARYNGIA Cumminsii Stapf [family APOCYNACEAE]
Tabernæmontana crassa (?) Cummins [family ], in Kew Bulletin, 1898, 76.
Information
A large, perfectly glabrous shrub; branches stout. Leaves elliptic- or obovate-oblong, suddenly contracted or subacute at the base, over 9 in. long, up to 5 1/2 in. broad, coriaceous, dull green when dry; secondary nerves more than 9 on each side, straight to near to the margin; petiole stout, 1/2– 3/4 in. long. Inflorescences terminal, paired, corymbose, rather lax; peduncle stout, up to 3 in. long; bracts short, caducous; pedicels up to 9 lin. long. Calyx 2–2 1/2 lin. long; sepals rotundate, ciliolate, with numerous small basal glands within. Corolla white; tube oblong-ellipsoid, constricted below the mouth, 9–10 lin. long, 4 lin. in diam., pubescent within above the anthers, with broad gold-brown velvety lines along the filamental ridges; lobes oblong, 5–6 lin. long, velvety near the base. Stamens inserted 5 lin. above the base of the corolla-tube; anthers sagittate, subulate-acuminate, 5 lin. long. Carpels semi-ovoid; style 3 1/2 lin. long; stigma shortly cylindric, grooved, apiculate, with a wavy ring at the base. Berries 4 in. in diam.; pulp white (according to Cummins).
Distribution
Ashanti Upper Guinea Assin-Yan-Kumassi, Cummins, 114!
Notes
Very similar to C. crassa, but distinguished by the larger leaves with more numerous nerves, larger calyces, stouter corollas and the beautiful hairy marking inside the corolla-tube below the anthers. The leaf-tips are broken off, except from one small arrested leaf where the tip is abruptly narrowed to an acute point. Judging from mutilated leaves, they may well attain a length of a foot or even more, and probably have between 12 and 15 secondary nerves.

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