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Culcasia barombensis

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Culcasia barombensis N.E.Br. [family ARACEAE]
Culcasia barombensis N.E.Br. [family ARACEAE]
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Identification
Culcasia barombensis N.E.Br. [family ARACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Hutchinson, Culcasia angolensis Welw. ex Schott [family ARACEAE ] Verified by Ake-Assi, Culcasia angolensis Welw. ex Schott [family ARACEAE ]
Related name
  • Culcasia barombensis
  • Culcasia angolensis

Flora

Entry for CULCASIA barombensis N. E. Br. [family ARACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 8, page 137, (1902) Author: (By N. E. Brown.)
Names
CULCASIA barombensis N. E. Br. [family ARACEAE]
CULCASIA angolensis Engl. var. angustifolia [family ARACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 447; Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. 471.
Information
Stem climbing, 1/4 in. thick, not tubercled. Leaves spreading, 1 1/2–2 1/2 in. distant, glabrous; petioles 4–5 1/4 in. long, sheathing to 1/2–1 1/4 in. from the top; blade 4 1/4–8 in. long, 2–3 1/2 in. broad, unequal-sided, obliquely oblong, shortly cuspidate-acuminate, cuneately rounded into an obtuse base; primary lateral veins 9–11 on each side of the midrib; no glands. Peduncles 3–4 (or more ?) in a short terminal bracteate raceme, 1–1 1/4 in. long, moderately stout. Bracts 1 3/4–2 in. long, 7–9 lin. broad, oblong, acute, with 2 wing-like keels down the back. Spathe about 2 in. long, 1 in. broad, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, obtuse, apiculate, expanded, deeply concave, very shortly convolute at the base, soon falling off. Spadix shorter than the spathe, sessile, clavate; female part 3–4 lin. long, 2–2 1/2 lin. thick; male part about an inch long, about 4 lin. thick near the obtusely rounded apex.
Distribution
Cameroons Upper Guinea Barombi, Preuss, 388!
Notes
This is perfectly distinct from C. angolensis, Welw., in its smaller and differently shaped leaves, smaller inflorescence, and fewer flowers.

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