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Dactylopetalum barteri

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Identification
Dactylopetalum barteri Hook.f. ex Oliver [family RHIZOPHORACEAE ] Cassipourea barteri N. E. Br. [family RHIZOPHORACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Alston, A.H.G.,
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Flora

Entry for DACTYLOPETALUM Barteri Hook. f. [family RHIZOPHORACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 2, page 406, (1871) Author: (By Mr. J. G. Baker.)
Names
DACTYLOPETALUM Barteri Hook. f. [family RHIZOPHORACEAE], mss. in Herb. Kew.
Information
Shrub or small tree; wholly glabrous. Branches terete with thickened floriferous nodes. Leaves coriaceous, broadly elliptical, rounded above or shortly broadly and obtusely apiculate, rounded often broadly at base, entire, reticulation more or less obvious above and below; 4–7 in. long, 2–3 1/2 in. broad; petiole 1/4 in. more or less. Flowers numerous, small, in dense subglobose fascicles on the thickened nodes chiefly below the leaves of the present year, subsessile or pedicels about 1–2 lines. Calyx campanulate, shortly 5-deltoid-dentate, 1–1 1/2 lines long. Petals about twice as long as calyx, linear-spathulate, apex fimbriate-laciniate. Stamens 10, inserted upon a short sheath-like disk within the petals; anthers elliptic-oblong. Ovary hairy, 2-celled; stigma capitate, subentire.
Distribution
Upper Guinea Nun river, Barter!Gaboon Upper Guinea Mann!

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