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Dopatrium senegalense

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Name

Identification
Dopatrium senegalense Benth. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE ]
Related name
  • Dopatrium senegalense

Flora

Entry for DOPATRIUM macranthum Oliv. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol IV, Part 2, page 264, (1905) Author: (By W. Botting Hemsley and S. A. Skan).
Names
DOPATRIUM macranthum Oliv. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 120, t. 121, fig. A.
DOPATRIUM senegalense T. Thoms. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], in Speke, Nile, Append. 641, not of Benth.
Information
Stems erect, 8–10 in. high, sparingly branched near the base. Radical leaves oblanceolate, 4–9 lin. long; cauline leaves scale-like, 1 lin. long, ovate, obtuse, connate at the base. Inflorescence a terminal few-flowered raceme; bracts minute; pedicels 2–2 1/2 lin. long. Calyx 1 1/2–1 3/4 lin. long, minutely pubescent; teeth scarcely 1/2 lin. long, broad, obtuse, 3-nerved. Corolla purple or violet; tube 3/4 in. long, curved but scarcely dilated at the throat; limb 8–10 lin. broad; upper lip 2-fid; lobes rounded; lower lip obtusely 3-lobed. Anther-cells sub-equal, ciliate; connective thickened on the back.
Distribution
Uganda Nile Land near Koki or Koche in Ganiland, Speke & Grant!

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