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Corchorus hirsutus

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Identification
Corchorus hirsutus L. [family TILIACEAE ]
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  • Corchorus hirsutus

Flora

Entry for CORCHORUS cinerascens Deflers [family TILIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by Sebsebe Demissew [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
CORCHORUS cinerascens Deflers [family TILIACEAE], (1895). Fig. 6 L, M.
CORCHORUS hirsutus K. Schum. var. stenophyllus [family TILIACEAE], in Ann. R. Ist. Bot. Roma 7: 32 (1898);. type: C1, “Wuarandi”, Robecchi-Bricchetti 405 (B holo., destr.; FT iso.).
CORCHORUS stenophyllus (K. Schum.) Weim. [family TILIACEAE], (1936);. type: C1, “Wuarandi”, Robecchi-Bricchetti 405 (B holo., destr.; FT iso.).
CORCHORUS bricchettii Weim. [family TILIACEAE], (1936);. type: C2, “Webi”, Robecchi-Bricchetti 403 (FT holo.).
CORCHORUS erinoceus Weim. [family TILIACEAE], (1936);. type: N3, between “Toh Auale” and “Doldol”, Puccioni & Stefanini 822 (FT holo.).
Information
Perennial herb or shrublet, up to 50 cm high, with indumentum of stellate hairs; branches densely pubescent to tomentose. Leaves green and ± sparsely tomentellous to white tomentose above, grey to white and pubescent to tomentose beneath; petiole 1.5–20 mm long; blade ovate-elliptic to oblong or linear-lanceolate, 1–6.5(–8) x 0.2–1.8(–2) cm, rounded or truncate to acute at the apex, cuneate at the base, with serrate to widely dentate margin. Inflorescences tomentellous, leaf-opposed, (2–)3–7-flowered or some flowers solitary; peduncle 0.5–3 mm long; pedicel 3–9 mm long. Sepals 3–8 x 1–2 mm. Petals yellow, obovate-oblong, 3–6 x 2–4 mm, with hairy claw. Stamens 75–100. Ovary tomentose. Capsule 3-valved, 0.8–3.5 cm long, cylindrical to torulose, often slightly curved, floccose tomentose or with stellately hairy bristles. Seeds c. 2–2.5 mm long.
Range
N1, 3; C1, 2; S2
Altitude range
sea level to 510 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Gillett 4439; Moggi & Tardelli 239; Thulin 6387.
Distribution (external)
Ethiopia
Yemen
Notes
Cadar, dhayodhabe, durod, gicad, mara madowbeye, nagaar deb, subaan (Som.). This is a very variable species and more than one taxon may be involved in Somalia.

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