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Emilia coccinea

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Name

Identification
Emilia coccinea (Sims) Don [family ASTERACEAE ]
Related name
  • Emilia coccinea
Common name
  • ọ̀dúndún-odò (auctt.) (NIGERIA, YORUBA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • dein blih su (Har.; JMD) (LIBERIA, MANO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • kumenyi (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, SUSU), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • ņtị̀-ènē see Crassocephalum crepidioides (NWT; JMD) (NIGERIA, IGBO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • ndσgbσ-gipσ (def.-i), ndσgbσ: regrowth of the bush or forest (FCD) (SIERRA LEONE, MENDE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • kononi-abien (Brossart) (MALI, MANDING-MANINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • kumbε (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, MANDING-MANDINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • kluapo (K&B) (IVORY COAST, ‘KRU’), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • koya-gipoi (JMD) ndogbσ-jigboi (JMD) (SIERRA LEONE, LOKO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • kálàma tọ̀rụ̀ ẹ̀dẹ̀dẹ̀ = Kalama River flower (KW) ọ̀kọ́lọ́mátọ̀rụ́ ẹdẹdẹ = Okolohoma River flower (KW) (NIGERIA, IJO-IZON (Kolokuma)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • a-bwσ (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, TEMNE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1

Flora

Entry for Emilia jeffreyana Lisowski [family COMPOSITAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, Part Part 3, page 547, (2005) Author: H. Beentje, C. Jeffrey & D.J.N. Hind
Names
Emilia jeffreyana Lisowski [family COMPOSITAE], in Polish Bot. Stud. 1: 91, t. 4c (1991) & Aster. Fl. Afr. Centr. 2: 379 (1991): C. Jeffrey in K.B. 52: 208 (1997). Type: Congo (Kinshasa), Mt Kahuzi, Lisowski 85628 (POZG, holo.)
Emilia coccinea [family COMPOSITAE], auct., non (Sims) G. Don, pro parte
Information
Annual herb 0.4–1.5 m high; stems erect, branched, sparsely pilose near base. Leaves sessile, the basal oblanceolate-spatulate, 6–11 cm long, 1.5–3 cm wide, base attenuate into a pseudopetiole, apex acute; stem leaves lanceolate to oblong, base auriculate with dentate margins and semi-amplexicaul, apex acute to acuminate, glabrous above, puberulous to glabrous beneath. Capitula 2–4, eventually long-stalked, discoid, many-flowered; involucre 6–10 mm long, 2.5 mm in diameter, glabrous; phyllaries 8–13, 6–10 mm long, with black papillose apex. Disc florets yellow to bright orange, corolla 7.5–10 mm long, lobes 1–2 mm long. Achenes 1.5–3 mm long, hairy; pappus 3.5–6 mm long.
Range
DISTR. K 1
Altitude range
± 740 m
Distribution
KENYA Northern Frontier District Sololo, Aug. 1952, Gillett 13691!
Distribution (external)
Congo (Kinshasa)
Rwanda
Burundi
Ethiopia
Notes
USES. None recorded on specimens from our area CONSERVATION Widespread, so least concern (LC) Lisowski reports that this species occurs in Uganda; we have seen no specimens from UGANDA.Sterile specimens resemble Sonchus, because of the long leaves that are sagittate or hastate at base.

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