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Conopharyngia smithii

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Identification
Conopharyngia smithii Stapf [family APOCYNACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Tabernaemontana crassa Benth. [family APOCYNACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Leeuwenberg A.J.M., 1982
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  • Tabernaemontana smithii

Flora

Entry for CONOPHARYNGIA Smithii 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 Smithii Stapf [family APOCYNACEAE]
Tabernæmontana Smithii Stapf [family ], in Kew Bulletin, 1898, 305, and in De Wild. & Durand, Contrib. Fl. Congo in Ann. Mus. Congo, Bot. sér. 2, i. fasc. i. 39; De Wild. & Durand, Reliq. Dewevr. in Ann. Mus. Congo, Bot. sér. 3, fasc. ii. 153.
Information
Small tree; branches stout. Leaves elliptic or oblong, very obtuse, subacute at the base, 7–12 in. long, 3–8 in. broad, coriaceous, punctate below; secondary nerves 11–14 on each side; veins inconspicuous; petiole stout, 3–9 lin. long. Inflorescences corymbose; peduncle stout, 6 in. long; bracts small, ovate, deciduous; pedicels up to 9 lin. long. Calyx 3–4 lin. long; sepals broad-elliptic, very obtuse, ciliolate, with numerous minute basal glands within. Corolla white; tube slender, slightly over 2 in. long, somewhat twisted below, otherwise straight, widened near the base (4 lin. in diam.); lobes oblong, obtuse, 1 in. long, 4 lin. broad, margins wavy. Stamens inserted 7 lin. above the base; anthers sagittate, subulate-acuminate, 6 lin. long. Style 5–6 lin. long. Berries globose.
Distribution
Congo Lower Guinea Leopoldville, Laurent! and without precise locality, Smith!Angola Lower Guinea Chinganga (Kinganga), Dewèvre, 261!Congo South Central basin of the Sankuru, Laurent! Stanleyville, Dewèvre, 1167A!
Notes
De Wildeman & Durand quote, in Reliquiæ Dewevrianæ, Dewèvre as saying under 271 that this is sometimes a very high climber, whilst the Stanleyville plant is described as arborescent. The number which I d from Dewèvre's specimen from Chinganga was 261, not 271 as stated by De Wildeman and Durand.

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