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Dorstenia gourmaensis

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Dorstenia cuspidata Hochst. ex A.Rich. [family MORACEAE]
Isotype of Dorstenia gourmaensis A.Chev. var. floribunda A.Chev. [family MORACEAE]
Holotype of Dorstenia gourmaensis A.Chev. [family MORACEAE]
Holotype of Dorstenia gourmaensis A.Chev. var. floribunda A.Chev. [family MORACEAE]
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Name

Identification
Dorstenia cuspidata Hochst. ex A.Rich. [family MORACEAE ] (stored under name); Dorstenia walleri Hemsl. [family MORACEAE ] Verified by Keay, R. W. J., Dorstenia gourmaensis A.Chev. [family MORACEAE ]
Related name
  • Dorstenia cuspidata
  • Dorstenia gourmaensis
  • Dorstenia walleri
Common name
  • nablauwale (JMD) (GHANA, GRUSI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4

Flora

Entry for Dorstenia walleri Hemsl. [family MORACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
Names
Dorstenia walleri Hemsl. [family MORACEAE], — F.T.A. 6, 2: 68 (incl. var. minor Rendle).
Dorstenia caulescens Schweinf. ex Engl. [family MORACEAE], (1894) — Engll.c22, t5 C
Dorstenia gourmaensis A. Chev. [family MORACEAE], (1912), inclvar. floribunda A. Chev.; Bot592; F.W.T.A., ed1, 1: 427.
Information
Annual stems erect, fleshy, to 15 in. high, produced from a hard tuberous stock; stems, midribs and arms of receptacle often tinged pink; in savannah regions, often among rocks, or as epiphyte.
Habitat
; in savannah regions, often among rocks, or as epiphyte
Range
perhaps also in Belgian Congo
Distribution
Dah.: Konkobiri (July) Chev. 24335!Fr.Nig.: Piéga, between Diapaga and Fada (July) Chev. 24468; 24528! Kompongou (July) Chev. 24390!N.Nig.: Kwaga, Birnin Gwari (July) Keay FHI 25985! Giwa Dist., Zaria (July) Keay FHI 25931! Anara F.R., Zaria (May) Keay 8 Mutch FHI 22928! Bauchi Plateau (May) Lely P. 317!
Distribution (external)
French Cameroons
Ubangi-Shari
A.-E. Sudan
Tanganyika
N.
Rhodesia
Nyasaland
Mozambique
Congo

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