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Conopharyngia ventricosa

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Identification
Isotype of Tabernaemontana ventricosa Hochst. ex A.DC. [family APOCYNACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Leeuwenberg,A.J.M., Conopharyngia ventricosa (Hochst. ex A.DC.) Stapf [family APOCYNACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for CONOPHARYNGIA ventricosa Stapf [family APOCYNACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 4, page 490, (1909) Author: By OTTOSTAPF.
Names
CONOPHARYNGIA ventricosa Stapf [family APOCYNACEAE], in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. iv. i. 149
Tabernæmontana ventricosa Hochst. ex DC. [family ], Prodr. viii. 366; Krauss in Flora, 1844, 828; Sim, For. Fl. Cape Col. 271, t. clv. fig. iii.
Information
a tree, 20–25 ft. high, perfectly glabrous; branches terete, fistular, olive-green when dry; leaves oblong, obscurely acuminate, acute at the base, 4–7 in. long, 1 1/2–3 in. broad, subcoriaceous; secondary nerves 13–17 on each side, suboblique; petiole 3–7 lin. long; inflorescence corymbose, dense; peduncle rather stout, about 2 in. long; bracts ovate, acute, 2–3 lin. long; pedicels 1–2 lin. long; calyx 2–2 1/2 lin. long; sepals rotundate, ovate-obtuse; corolla white; tube ellipsoid, constricted at both ends, 4–5 lin. long, velvety between the filamental ridges, otherwise glabrous; lobes ovate-oblong, slightly longer than the tube, wavy; stamens inserted just below the middle of the corolla-tube; anthers 3 lin. long, reaching slightly beyond the mouth; style 1 1/2 lin. long; fruit unknown. null
Distribution
EASTERN REGION Pondoland; in swamps, ex Sim. Natal; woods near the Umgeni River, Krauss, 146! Inanda, Wood, 787! and without precise locality, Gerrard, 1423!

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