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Dactyliandra welwitschii

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Identification
Dactyliandra welwitschii Cogn. [family CUCURBITACEAE ] Dactyliandra welwitschii Hook.f. [family CUCURBITACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Cannon,J.F.M.,
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  • Dactyliandra luderitziana
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Flora

Entry for DACTYLIANDRA Welwitschii Hook. f. [family CUCURBITACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 2, page 521, (1871) Author: (By Mr. J. G. Baker.)
Names
DACTYLIANDRA Welwitschii Hook. f. [family CUCURBITACEAE]
Information
Stem angled, grooved and scabrid, trailing and climbing. Leaves 2–4 in. diameter, rather membranous, but very scabrid, lobes obovate or lanceolate, contracted at the base, irregularly sinuate-lobed serrate or toothed; petiole 1–3 in., rather stout. Stipular bract orbicular-reniform or dimidiate, 1/5– 1/2 in. diameter, strongly ciliate-toothed. Female fl.: 1/8– 1/6 in. diameter, numerous, subumbelled on slender scabrid peduncles; pedicels unequal, 1/4– 1/3 in. Berry scarlet (Welwitsch), 2/3 in. diameter. Seeds 1/5 in. long, dark coloured.
Distribution
Lower Guinea Sandy thickets in Loanda, Dr. Welwitsch!
Notes
A very curious plant, resembling some Trochomerias and Ctenolepis in habit and the stipuliform bracts.

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