mbogo (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, LOKO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
fula moko (JB) fula moko (JB) (SENEGAL, MANDING-BAMBARA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
broad-leaved ground orchid (Morton)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
(Umuahia) ọdụ̀ ebì = grasscutter’s tail (AJC; KW) (NIGERIA, IGBO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
tabaldi (JB) (SENEGAL, FULA-PULAAR (Senegal)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
kσ-lσkbσ (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, TEMNE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
kin (JB) (SENEGAL, MANINKA (Senegal)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
Flora
Entry for EULOPHIA guineensis Lindl. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 7, page 12, (1898) Author: (By R. A. Rolfe.)
Names
EULOPHIA guineensisLindl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Reg. t. 686. —Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. 181; Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vi. 131; Bot. Mag. t. 2467; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 818; Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 530; Reichb. f. Otia Bot. Hamb. i. 66; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. App. ii. 90; Garden, xiv. 322, t. 277.
Information
Pseudobulbs conical, approximate, 3/4–1 in. long. Leaves petiolate, lanceolate-oblong or obovate-oblong, acute or apiculate, 4–12 in. long, 2–5 in. broad; petioles 1/2–5 in. long. Scapes 2–3 ft. high, with several sheaths below; racemes 8–12 in. long, many-flowered. Bracts linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 4–10 lin. long. Pedicels 3/4–1 in. long. Flowers light purple, with the sepals and petals often dusky brown. Sepals and petals linear-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, 1–1 1/2 in. long, 2–3 lin. broad. Lip broadly ovate- or obovate-elliptical, obtuse, somewhat undulate; disc smooth; spur attenuate and slender from a conical base, 3/4–1 in. long. Column clavate, 3 lin. long, broad above.
