ebafonokwa (Ross) (NIGERIA, EDO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
Flora
Entry for DINOPHORA spenneroides Benth. [family MELASTOMATACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 2, page 439, (1871) Author: (By Mr. J. G. Baker.)
Names
DINOPHORA spenneroidesBenth. [family MELASTOMATACEAE], in Fl. Nigr. 355.
Information
Stem 3–5 ft., base woody, much branched; branches herbaceous, 4-gonous, usually glandular-ciliate at the nodes. Leaves unequal, 2–4 in., acute or acuminate, 5–7-nerved, with a few scattered cilia above; petiole of one leaf usually 1/2 in., of the other about twice as long. Panicle with very slender, divaricating branches, floriferous at the tips and axils; pedicels 1/3–1 in.; bracts subulate. Calyx 1/4 in., smooth, mouth rather contracted. Ovary included.
